Chapter 323 There Is Nothing to Make a Fuss About

One thing Wang Haifeng guessed right, there is indeed room for improvement in HCS-1.

However, he guessed wrong on one point.

The reason why Lu Zhou released the phased results was not because the research was stuck in a bottleneck, and he didn't have as many twists and turns as he thought, but because he didn't care at all.

Even though his theories have played an important role in the field of application, he still positions himself as a theoretical scholar. And the theory can play its full value only in the dissemination and communication.

Although many people who get the journal will think that the HCS-1 paper is the focus, and the paper on theoretical calculations will be used as a foil.

But for Lu Zhou himself, this relationship should be reversed, and the latter is what he wants to express.

It's a chicken and egg relationship.

If someone can understand the mathematical theory he established for such an emerging discipline as computational materials, and make innovations on this basis, he will not feel inappropriate, but will be honored.

This is why he entrusted Kadoya's conjecture to his students to study, while he only provided the method, direction, and guidance of ideas.

It is not very difficult for him to handle this subject by himself.

His current math level is LV6, which is not the same as when he was LV5 in the field of mathematics. Even though Kadotani’s conjecture has not done as much foreshadowing work as Goldbach’s conjecture, in terms of the difficulty of the proposition itself, this conjecture is no more difficult than the Goldbach’s conjecture that has plagued the mathematics community for two and a half centuries .

It can be as long as a year, as short as half a year, as long as he puts all his thoughts on it, he is at least 90% sure that he can solve it...

...

One early morning at the end of March, Lu Zhou showed up at the office of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton on time as always.

However, what was different from usual was that this time when he came to the office, he held two test papers in his hand.

After handing out the test papers to Wei Wen and Jericho respectively, Lu Zhou ordered in a concise manner.

"There are only ten questions on the paper, you two take it and do it. It will be handed in in two hours. It doesn't matter whether you use your mobile phone or not. If you can find the answer online, I will lose."

Like Qin Yue and the others, Lu Zhou made a book list for Wei Wen and Jericho at the beginning of school, and assigned corresponding learning tasks.

It has been more than a month since the enrollment, and he thinks it is about time to see how the two of them are studying.

After the papers were handed out, the two immediately picked up the pens and began to write quickly on the draft paper.

Lu Zhou's test paper is not too difficult, but it is not so simple that it can be done casually.

Wei Wen frowned and thought for a long time before writing the first question.

Glancing at Jericho next to him from the corner of his eye, he was slightly relieved to find that this person was in the same situation as himself.

Time passed by one minute and one second, and when it was almost ten o'clock, Lu Zhou announced the end of the exam. After collecting the papers, he glanced roughly at the answer.

The correct rate of the two was unexpectedly the same. They both got seven questions right, but the wrong points were not the same.

Putting down the test paper in his hand, Lu Zhou looked at the two people standing at the desk.

"Wei Wen, your understanding of Hilbert spaces is very good. Regarding your future development direction, I suggest that you consider developing in the direction of mathematical physics."

Wei Wen asked suspiciously, "Does mathematics and physics count?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "It depends on how you look at the concept of application. For physics, it is theory, and for mathematics, it is application. Of course, this is just my suggestion. You can also freely choose your own field of interest for research. .”

After listening to the instructor's words, Wei Wen fell into deep thought.

Putting him aside for the time being, Lu Zhou continued to look at his other student, "Jerico, your field of expertise should be the part of Fourier inversion transformation, which is a very promising direction , has a wide range of theoretical and industrial applications. If you are interested in this field, I suggest that you pay more attention to this topic and choose a point of interest for research.”

Jericho immediately said: "Professor, can I follow you to study computing materials?"

Lu Zhou said in a joking tone: "Of course it's okay, but if you want to understand my theory, you have to study at least ten more books."

Holding the corrected test papers, the two returned to their seats.

Lu Zhou stretched his waist and was about to get up to make a cup of coffee to refresh himself.

However, at this moment, the door of the office was pushed open, and the strong and orangutan-like Connie strode in with a journal, shouting excitedly.

"professor!"

Vera, Qin Yue, and Hardy, who were studying the literature, all raised their heads and cast dissatisfied gazes at the source of the noise.

Looking at Connie with an excited expression, Lu Zhou probably guessed what was going on.

However, he had received a reply from the editorial department of "Science" a long time ago, and he didn't feel much surprise or surprise when the paper was officially published.

Looking at him speechlessly, Lu Zhou said, "I remember telling you to keep quiet here and remember to knock on the door before entering."

"Please forgive my rudeness, I definitely didn't mean it, I believe that after hearing this news, your expression will not be much calmer than mine," Connie quickly lowered his voice, but the excitement in his tone was still hard to conceal , "Guess what happened? Nature is on the front page, citing the highlights of our paper!"

After saying this, Connie stopped talking and looked at Lu Zhou proudly, expecting his surprised reaction.

However……

This man did not wait.

Obviously, Lu Zhou's expression is much calmer than him.

There was a moment of silence in the office.

The atmosphere was slightly awkward, and Connie's expression gradually became awkward.

Worried that he would not be able to step down, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and explained: "It's just a quote, there is no need to be so excited."

Vera, who was studying Kakutani's conjecture, couldn't hold back, covered her mouth, and laughed softly. Hardy was more heartless, knocking his head on the table, laughing until his shoulders twitched.

The office was full of joy. Even Wei Wen, who had a stern expression on his face, twitched his lips, but somehow he held back his smile.

Connie's face turned red, and he touched the back of his head in embarrassment, trying to emphasize: "Aren't you excited at all? This is the highlight of "Nature"!"

Lu Zhou sighed: "I know it's the highlights of "Nature", but just over half a year ago, I already got the highlights of "Science" and "Nature" at the same time. I believe that if you are like me, you will also be interested in these Trivial glories take for granted."

"Highlights" on some outstanding scientific research results is an operation that exists in many top journals, which is the so-called "highlight citation". Generally speaking, in addition to summarizing the content of the paper in concise language, comments from scholars in the same field will also be attached.

Lu Zhou was quite excited when he was first set up by the two top magazines as highlights.

But now, this feeling is not as strong as before.

Especially not long ago, his modified PDMS film was rated as one of the top ten outstanding scientific research achievements in 2016 by Science.

Just a highlight, really nothing to make a fuss about.

Connie's eyes widened, but he couldn't say a word.

God, someone would call Nature's highlights a "trivial" glory? !

Ordinary Ph.D., but even a paper in a second-tier journal has to work hard for a year or even several years. If you can publish a paper in Nature, not to mention serving tea and water to the boss for two years, many people will do it even if it is a subsidy.

As for being highlighted as the most outstanding research achievement in the same period, this is something that most practitioners dare not even think about.

If that's not exciting, what is real honor?

Nobel Prize?

Not paying attention to what Connie was thinking, Lu Zhou took the new issue of "Nature" from Connie's hand, and glanced roughly.

Not surprisingly, the highlight is set to the paper on the HCS-1 material.

As for its companion piece—the paper on computational materials science, there is no mention of it except for the calculation conclusion at the end of the line about the "effect of specific surface area and pore size on the diffusion rate of polysulfide compounds".

Seeing this, Lu Zhou smiled, but shook his head slightly in his heart.

It seems that no one realizes what the real treasure is.

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(Set a small goal, no more salty fish starting in August!)