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Chapter 166: Come to become a disciple?

After dealing with Ma Botao, Qiao Yu did not go to Huairou Institute. However, the research team at Huairou Institute specially recorded a video for him, which roughly explained the entire manufacturing process.

The data were packaged and sent to him directly. I can only say that the efficiency of laboratories that really work hard is extremely high.

The next morning, everything was in place, which was proof that someone had been up all night.

But Qiao Yu was completely unprepared. After all, Senior Brother Chen was alone and had to attend classes. It was near the end of the semester and he still had to prepare the exam papers.

Professor Zhang still needs to keep up with the analysis work. After all, we have only found the direction now, and there are still a lot of things to do next.

Performance needs to be further improved, which means that all parameters need to be calculated more accurately. Chen Zhuoyang has already mastered this area, so Qiao Yu plans to let Brother Chen continue to work hard until he helps Liu Hao completely master this topic.

So the problem lies with the data from Huairou Institute. He still needs a reliable person to continue the analysis, which is a very boring and hard job. He can't do it himself, right?
Lao Xue is indeed a good choice, but he has no time recently as he is leading his student team to work on high-dimensional expansion of the generalized modal framework.

A more precise way of saying it is to introduce group theory into the system. Lao Xue is very interested in this issue.

Because group theory is very important in studying the symmetries and classification of solutions of Diophantine equations, especially for multivariable Diophantine equations and equations with specific constraints.

So if he could do that, he could start studying how symmetry transformations in modal space act on the set of solutions to Diophantine equations, and thus solve a whole range of problems.

It is also possible to divide solutions into equivalent categories through group actions, thereby defining the concept of equivalence classes in modal space. This is obviously a great breakthrough in studying Diophantine number theory problems.

This is also a very meticulous and tiring job. Lao Xue often communicates with him for an hour or two to discuss various possible solutions.

So it is almost impossible to ask Lao Xue to find time to do this.

Then there is only Qiao Xi left in the team.

Speaking of which, Qiao Yu suddenly felt that Qiao Xi was actually quite free recently. The research tasks were not heavy, and he often worked for three days and rested for two days...

So after seeing the data that gave him a headache, Qiao Yu simply called Qiao Xi.

"Hey, Mom, are you busy lately?"

"Nonsense, the final exam is coming up, do you think I'm busy? If you have something to say, just say it. If not, hang up! I still have some questions to practice."

With just one sentence, Qiao Yu was completely blocked from saying anything he wanted to say next.

Final exam?

What a strange word!

Mr. Yuan’s students are actually lacking GPA?
There were a lot of complaints in my mind, but when they came to my lips, they became two words: "It's okay."

"Beep beep..."

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Qiao Yu suddenly regretted letting Qiao Xi come to Beijing to study.

The feelings are gone!

When the two of them were living together in a small house in Xingcheng, he asked Qiao Xi to learn English and make subtitles with him. He only made a suggestion. The time when Qiao Xi picked up the English book and started memorizing words is really nostalgic!

For a moment, Qiao Yu even thought of Xia Keke again. At least for now, she was still very well-behaved.

But it is said that girls in love and girls after marriage are two completely different creatures. Okay, I am thinking too far...

As for other professors in the original team, Qiao Yu has not yet decided whether to let them do this, mainly because it has nothing to do with the research and development tasks of the main framework.

It turns out that it is better to be a professor. Recruit a few reliable students, train them in the early stages, and then everything will be easy.

The latter is a combination of old and new, and there is a continuous supply of labor resources. Just like Zhang Zuolin, he has embarked on a path of sustainable development.

Damn, his age has limited his development.

Just when Qiao Yu was thinking about where to find two trustworthy, hardworking laborers with a certain level of mathematical literacy to help him with the work, the phone suddenly rang.

Qiao Yu picked it up and took a look. When he saw Director Tian's name, it was like a light that lit up his confused brain. He didn't have any good candidates, but the tutor did. He just had to think about how to tell Director Tian about this.

I answered the phone slowly and was thinking about how to phrase it when I heard Director Tian's voice: "I'm in the office, come over right away."

"Oh, well, Director Tian, ​​that..."

"Beep beep..."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Qiao Yu wondered if something was wrong with the world.

Is everyone proud of hanging up on him quickly? Qiao Xi is busy with final exams, so why is Director Tian like this too?
Bad review!

But there is no way, the wings are not strong enough... Of course, Qiao Yu still has high moral standards for himself. Even if the wings are strong enough, he still has to respect his teachers.

With this thought in mind, Qiao Yu quickly put on his clothes and arrived at Director Tian's office... outside ten minutes later.

"Uncle Su, how is Director Tian feeling today?" Tian Yanzhen's secretary Su Wen subconsciously touched his face when he heard Uncle Su address him.

He was only 28 years old, and every time he heard Qiao Yu call him uncle, he felt like he was getting older.

"Actually, I'm three years younger than Chen Zhuoyang. You can call him Senior Brother and just call me Brother. If you feel uncomfortable calling me Brother, you can call me Secretary Su."

"Oh, okay, Secretary Su, how is Director Tian feeling today?" Qiao Yu asked again without hesitation.

"I don't know, but it's the same as usual." Secretary Su answered without any perfunctory attitude.

There is no way, Qiao Yu is one of those young people with a promising future. But he can express his dissatisfaction by talking nonsense seriously.

"Oh, I see!" Qiao Yu nodded with a smile and ran to Director Tian's office door. He knocked on the door carelessly and then pushed it open.

But he didn't go in directly. Instead, he poked his head in and said, "Director Tian, ​​I'm here."

"Just come in when you come. Why? Do you want me to invite you?"

Hmm, the tone seems unfriendly.

Qiao Yu walked into the office and did not look for a seat as usual. Instead, he came to Director Tian's desk and listened to his lecture.

"What have you been busy with recently? Have you made any progress on the project you are working on with Professor Zhang? The funding has been transferred to you, but there seems to be no movement from your side?"

Qiao Yu suddenly remembered that he had signed an agreement with Zhang Yuanling's team when he was in Linhai. Both parties worked together to advance the research on affine B-type Weyl groups.

But recently he has not paid any attention to this project. It's not that he forgot about it, but he is waiting for the progress of Lao Xue's group theory introduction framework.

Weyl group is a part of the representation theory of Lie group and Lie algebra, which mainly involves infinite-dimensional structures.

So if we wait until Lao Xue has almost finished this work and then consider this issue, we will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

So Qiao Yu started to pass the blame openly.

"Is this urgent? Professor Xue's work has not been completed yet. The basic theorems of group structure in generalized modal space are still being derived. I am also waiting for Professor Xue to produce results as soon as possible."

"Oh, so you, as the project leader, just assign all the tasks to others and serve as a consultant? Qiao Yu, you have become more capable and can take the initiative to take on tasks?"

Well, it must be Zhang Zuolin or Ma Botao who talked too much with Director Tian. Zhang Zuolin is more suspicious.

In fact, he could understand it. Even if Professor Zhang reported to Tian Yanzhen, he would probably say something good about him and express his gratitude. However, Director Tian's considerations might be different from others.

"Ah... you mean my collaboration with the temperature-response gel design, right? Well, Director Tian, ​​I'm mainly considering extending the generalized modal axiom system to applications.

To be honest, I was a consultant to them, but in fact I was using their data to verify an idea of ​​mine. Through the projection technology from high-dimensional modal space to low-dimensional modal space, the data was analyzed intelligently.

And now it seems that my idea works! This means that the generalized modal axiom system can be directly extended to the application level and used for theoretical modeling in major laboratory research.

Especially now that various advanced models are no longer authorized for us to use and many academic exchanges have been restricted, I really hope to make some insignificant contribution to the rise of Chinese materials science!"

Qiao Yu's serious speech stunned Tian Yanzhen.

He opened his mouth, but didn't know how to respond. A sixteen-year-old boy who started to worry about the country and the people, surely it was not right to criticize him, right?

"Oh, I see. Okay, wait here for a while. Professor Lu should be here soon. He called me specifically and said he wanted to ask you for advice."

Finally, Tian Yanzhen nodded and said.

"Ah? Professor Lu?" Qiao Yu asked in confusion.

He originally thought that it was Professor Zhang Zuolin who talked to Tian Yanzhen about this, but he didn't expect it was Professor Lu.

"What's wrong? You were a consultant, and you helped Professor Zhang solve a big problem, didn't you? Professor Lu said that Zhang Zuolin called him last night and said that he..."

At this point, Tian Yanzhen's face twitched unconsciously twice. She probably wanted to laugh, but she had to maintain her dignity as a teacher and didn't want to laugh in front of Qiao Yu.

After enduring for a moment, he continued, "Professor Zhang said that Professor Lu was not as good as you. Professor Lu was so angry that he went to the laboratory to argue with Zhang Zuolin late last night.

As a result, the laboratory took out the solution you gave, saying that you used their existing data to directly produce results. You have made great progress. Professor Lu called me early this morning..."

Qiao Yu probably understood what happened...

I can only say that the professors are in a really good mental state. He still remembered that he and Ma Botao signed the contract last night and it was already 10:30 pm when they left - don't they need to sleep at this time?
In other words, after he left, Zhang Zuolin, for some reason, called Professor Lu again. Then the two of them probably had an argument over this matter on the phone.

Well, probably because I drank too much.

But Qiao Yu remembered that Zhang Zuolin didn’t seem to drink much yesterday. That... just two bottles of beer, and he ate a lot of food. He shouldn’t be this drunk, right?
It is said that in the past, Qiao Xi drank two bottles of beer just like drinking two bottles of water, and he didn't even burp.

In short, the facts once again prove that alcohol is harmful!
"So, what does Professor Lu want to know?" Qiao Yu asked cautiously.

Tian Yanzhen smiled and jokingly replied: "It must be your analysis method. Aren't you planning to contribute to the Chinese materials community? Professor Lu happens to have profound attainments in functional theory, numerical analysis, and optimization theory.

This is why the chemistry lab used to like to ask him for help. The topic he was selected for the Young Elite Scholars program a few years ago was the application of functional analysis in quantum chemistry. You can talk to Professor Lu and we can make contributions together in the future. "

"Oh! So that's it!" Qiao Yu nodded, looking suddenly enlightened, but his mind started to work rapidly.

Well, the specific method cannot be spread randomly. But the reason seems to be easy to find. After all, his method has nothing to do with functionals. It can be said to be an optimization method, but you must have a deep understanding of generalized modal theory to use it.

The main thing is that he can't even apply for a patent for this method now, because mathematical methods themselves are difficult to patent, and mathematical methods must be converted into specific technical solutions.

The current situation is that his analysis method does not have a stable output model. Each time it is applied, it is necessary to conduct personalized analysis based on the characteristics and conditions of the specific problem and design targeted functions and algorithms.

Without stable standardized output, it is impossible to apply for a patent as a universal technology. In short, it still takes time and manpower to solve the problems of stability and universality, and to come up with a standardized universal method before a patent can be applied for.

Yes, in recent times, although Qiao Yu has not done much theoretical research, he has studied patent applications and company establishment quite thoroughly.

It can be said that there are no problems in theory at all, and now all that’s left is the practical operation.

Moreover, Qiao Yu is also very confident in this practical application.

He now has a good relationship with Professor Zhang Zuolin, who has already set up two patent licensing companies with good profits. If he has any questions in the future, he can ask Professor Zhang for advice.

"Okay, stop thinking about it. When Professor Lu comes, just talk to him about the general idea. Don't worry, he won't ask you any more questions before you finish writing the article."

Although Qiao Yu felt that he was pretending very well, it was obvious that Tian Yanzhen could still see through his little thoughts at a glance.

"Hehe..." Qiao Yu laughed dryly twice, then asked seriously: "Director Tian, ​​is it that obvious?"

Tian Yanzhen smiled, didn't say anything, and just pointed to the sofa next to her.

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long before Professor Lu showed up.

What surprised Qiao Yu was that there was a female student beside the professor. Well, she should be a student after all, the age difference seemed a bit big.

"Hello, Academician Tian. I am sorry to bother you again today."

"You're welcome, Professor Lu. Oh, Zhang Xiao is here too. Qiao Yu, let me introduce you to Professor Lu Huazhou from the School of Mathematics, an expert in functional theory. This is Professor Lu's student, your senior sister, Zhang Xiao. Qiao Yu, I don't need to introduce you, right?"

Lu Huazhou smiled and said, "Hey, is there anything else you can introduce? I have seen you on the rostrum during the meeting in Linhai. Qiao Yu, it should be at the beginning of the year, Academician Tian even called me specifically.

They said you were asked to help the laboratory with an analysis. If there was anything you didn't understand, let me help you. I waited from the beginning of the year to the end of the year but didn't receive a call from you. I had no choice but to shamelessly ask Academician Tian to introduce me to them."

Qiao Yu smiled shyly and said hello: "Hello, Professor Lu, hello, Senior Sister."

Senior Sister Zhang on the opposite side smiled, then nodded politely at Qiao Yu.

"Okay, sit down. You can chat here with me." After the greetings, Assistant Su outside quickly brought tea to everyone.

Professor Lu didn't waste any time. After taking a sip of tea, he asked directly, "Yesterday I went to Professor Zuo Lin's laboratory and studied his data again.

By the way, I also looked at the reports you produced. Oh, to be honest, I spent the whole night thinking about it but still couldn't figure out how you did it. It wasn't just me who couldn't figure it out. Zhang Xiao had actually been following their progress and doing some basic records and analysis.

After I visited Professor Zuo Lin yesterday, I called her and told her that the analysis report you provided for the laboratory solved the current problem, but she didn't believe it. Can you tell us what method you used? "

Qiao Yu kept looking at Professor Lu and the senior sister beside him.

There was no need to mention Lu Huazhou. Although it was the first time that Qiao Yu saw him in person, he had already seen his photo on the official website of the School of Mathematics.

This was the first time I had seen this Senior Sister Zhang. To be honest, I rarely saw Senior Sisters in the research center, and I rarely saw female professors. This made Qiao Yu somewhat curious.

At first glance, this Senior Sister Zhang doesn't seem to be very pretty, just average. She's far inferior to Qiao Xi and Xia Keke.

But after taking a few more glances, it seems quite pleasing to the eye. It is quiet and has a very special temperament.

Especially the pair of eyes staring at him straight, their eyes met, and neither of them felt awkward at all. However, Qiao Yu could see that this senior sister simply wanted to know his method.

Because that look was somewhat different from Xia Keke's.

"Well, actually the method I use is derived from my generalized modal axiom system. Well... to be honest, if you don't understand modal space, modal geometry and related theorems well enough, I don't know where to start."

Qiao Yu answered seriously and honestly.

Lu Huazhou smiled and said, "See, I knew it! Qiao Yu, this is why I brought Zhang Xiao here. I have been really busy recently and have no time to study your paper carefully.

But Zhang Xiao is very interested in your modal axiom system. He has been studying it for some time. At least he should be familiar with the definition of modal space and your modal geometry, right? "

Senior Sister Zhang nodded, then smiled at Qiao Yu and continued the topic, "Well, I can't say I fully understand it. But I roughly understand the composition of the modal space.

I admire your idea of ​​designing a space with both coordinate system and measurement. Moreover, the modal point can directly represent a certain state of the system.

And the coordinates can also change according to the key parameters of the system. To be honest, when I read your article, how should I put it, I always feel that this does not belong to this era. "

This was the first time Zhang Xiao spoke today.

The voice is different from Xia Keke's youthfulness and immaturity, as well as Qiao Xi's laziness, and has a heroic air.

Of course, this is just Qiao Yu's personal feeling.

However, what Qiao Yu admired most about Senior Sister Zhang Xiao was her ability to praise others.

“It feels like it doesn’t belong to this era.” Look, it’s so cultured and sophisticated, it makes people happy to hear it, and it doesn’t feel like flattery. Not everyone can say that.

The key point is that Qiao Yu felt that what his senior sister said was very right and it really touched his heart.

There is a heroic feeling that if Qiao Yu had not been born, mathematics would have been like a long night. This is also the reason why Qiao Yu has been practicing language skills.

People who can speak well can easily win the favor of people around them, but those who can't speak often offend others without knowing why.

It also made Qiao Yu like to chat more with this senior sister.

"It's nothing magical. My original idea was to study the distribution of prime numbers more intuitively. But there's nothing I can do about it. Current methods for studying prime numbers are too abstract.

If you understand modal space, this problem is easy to explain. It is nothing more than mapping the laboratory data into modal points and then analyzing those parameters through path, distance and density.

Of course, we need to derive a specific function that can be used to classify the laboratory data. See, it is very simple as long as we understand the principle of modal space. Well, it is obvious, right? "

Zhang Xiao was stunned and subconsciously glanced at the instructor beside him.

Is it obvious?

How obvious?
Seeing the word "obviously" in the paper had been very puzzling to her. Suddenly hearing the word "obviously" at this time made her completely confused.

"Qiao Yu, Zhang Xiao is humbly asking for your advice. You can't say you haven't read the paper. You said you don't understand modal space, but that's not clear. If you know modal space, you can just say it's obvious, right?"

Professor Lu said this cheerfully, but the implication of his words was almost as if he was saying that Qiao Yu was a dishonest child.

Qiao Yu quickly explained: "No, Professor Lu, Senior Sister Zhang, I really didn't mean that. It's really obvious! How about Senior Sister, if you don't understand something, just ask directly?"

Zhang Xiao smiled and said, "Since Junior Brother said so, then I asked. I can probably understand what you said just now that all data are mapped into modal points.

However, laboratory data does not have a clear direction. For example, the relationship, importance and even meaning of the data may not be directly apparent. How can we accurately locate the data in the analysis? "

Without even thinking, Qiao Yu asked, "So why does the modal space need to have a clear geometric structure? Have you ever thought about this? The data is indeed disordered, even messy, but it is ordered in space! See, it's obvious, right?"

After saying this, Qiao Yu spread his hands sincerely.

"Qiao Yu, answer properly. Don't be so obvious!" Tian Yanzhen, who was standing next to him, said this without giving any face. Perhaps he really couldn't save his face any more.

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at his mentor and decided to be honest.

"Well, it doesn't seem that obvious. Let's put it this way. There may be a lot of experimental data, and when projected into the modal space, there will be too many dimensions. We can first use dimensionality reduction technology to find the most important characteristic parameters in the data and use these parameters as the coordinates of the modal points.

Of course, there may be cases where there are missing values ​​in the experimental data. In this case, we can use interpolation, fitting and other messy methods to fill them. First, ensure that each mode point can be fully described. Then repeat the previous step to perform dimensionality reduction.

In short, what we want is to systematize the data in the modal space so that we can further filter the data. Then the low-dimensional projection part is the data we need and has certain rules. "

This time Qiao Yu felt that he had given a very detailed answer. Anyway, the principle was explained very clearly.

If we go into more depth, it involves very specific laboratory details and the functional design of various parameter weights. It is impossible to explain it clearly in a short time.

Qiao Yu saw that the senior sister opposite him was still frowning slightly, and felt that she probably didn't quite understand how to deal with it specifically.

But this is normal.

No matter how carefully you read his articles, you can never be compared with his senior brother Chen, right?

Chen Zhuoyang However, since the birth of this theory, Qiao Yu has been teaching his brother step by step the proof process of those concepts and how to conduct numerical verification.

Even so, when processing laboratory data, he had already derived the specific functions. When it came to the specific operations, Brother Chen still called him several times for advice.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the entire process is relatively abstract, and Brother Chen happens to be lacking in abstract thinking.

If Senior Sister Zhang Xiao could really understand his ideas just by listening to him explain the principles, then he should not have never heard of this name.

After all, this is Yanbei University, there is no possibility that such a great person would be buried.

"Haha, you don't understand?" Professor Lu asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiao nodded, indeed he didn't quite understand.

"It's normal that you don't understand. The axiom system created by Qiao Yu is very abstract. Foreign mathematicians are also optimistic about this system and believe it will shine. You still have to study hard."

Professor Lu said something about his students, then looked at Tian Yanzhen and said, "Academician Tian, ​​you should also know that Zhang Xiao is my most talented student. He is excellent in all aspects and has been studying functional analysis with me for many years.

Qiao Yu came up with a generalized modal axiom system some time ago, and she was very interested in it. She has been studying it recently, and it just so happened that the laboratory issue came up. Oh...

Anyway, this kid now thinks my method is useless and doesn’t want to learn from me anymore. She wants to learn Qiao Yu’s new method. So I brought her here today mainly to ask if I can become her disciple, haha…”

Tian Yanzhen glanced at Qiao Yu, and then saw a very confused face.

My goodness, he really thought that Professor Lu was just here to study how he did it.

It turned out that he brought his senior sister to see the teacher?
Aren't these professors too unreliable? Old Xue only asked him to help revise the paper, but this guy wants to just throw all the students to him?
　Thanks to Yanlan~Fenglai for the reward and encouragement!
　　
　
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