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Chapter 88 Thesis is finally published
What is it like to have a free study room that is completely your own at school?
When Qiao Yu was resting, he searched for this question on Weibo and Donghu, but unfortunately no one asked a similar question. It was a bit embarrassing, because he couldn't share this experience with everyone.

In fact, he can also share this happiness with everyone by asking and answering his own questions, or by asking questions with a small account and answering them with a large account.

But in the end I felt it was too boring and gave up.

After all, people's sorrows and joys cannot be communicated to each other.

It was as if after he searched for this question on Weibo and Donghu, when he took a break and watched short videos, he would often see videos of college students arguing over seats in the study room because of using books.

See, this is why it's not good enough.

I have already been admitted to university, but after several years I still haven't been able to have my own study room in the school. I have to compete with a bunch of classmates for a study room spot. It seems like I have wasted my time in this crappy university.

However, this also made Qiao Yu more enthusiastic in writing his paper.

It's not to perform better and give back to his alma mater. The main reason is that Qiao Yu still has some idea in his mind.

If he wanted Huaqing and Yanbei to pamper him like Principal Zhang did, his current performance was indeed not good enough.

Just like Xue Song said, unless he is willing to apply to other schools besides Huaqing and Yanbei, he might be able to put forward some conditions, but in these two universities, there is really no shortage of various competition masters.

For example, the only full-score gold medalist in the algebra and number theory group of the Xiaolibaba International Mathematics Competition last year was from Yanbei University's Mathematics Talent Class, and he was only seventeen years old last year, which makes him only two and a half years older than Qiao Yu.

Moreover, he is the only one in the world to win a perfect gold medal at the 61st IMO.

Therefore, if he wanted to enjoy preferential treatment in the most prestigious institutions in China, he had to demonstrate his unique value. In other words, he had to let the instructors of those institutions see that he had abilities that other outstanding students did not have.

In this regard, Qiao Yu also did some self-analysis in his spare time, and combined the views of the good guy and Lao Xue on him to make some summary.

For example, he has a strong self-learning ability and extraordinary mathematical deduction ability.

In simple terms, it is imagination.

It was like when he was calculating the equation that Lao Xue put forward on the forum, some of the methods he used had actually been proven in previous papers.

Although Qiao Yu had not read those papers at the time, he just looked up related videos on the Internet and pieced together the scattered information he obtained. He proved the theories on his own, applied them flexibly in examples, and then calculated the equations.

There are some subtle points, and Lao Xue said that he never thought that these known mathematical tools could be used in this way.

Another thing is that he is very creative.

This is Lao Xue’s evaluation, and it is also the point that Lao Xue most appreciates about Qiao Yu!
According to the professor from Yujiang University, what Qiao Yu lacks most now is that he has not learned the professional knowledge in a sufficiently in-depth and systematic manner.

Once this shortcoming is made up, with his mathematical insight and creative mathematical thinking mode, he may be able to create many new mathematical tools and solve many number theory problems currently pending in the mathematical community.

This evaluation is undoubtedly extremely high.

Because when Xue Song said this to him, he added a sentence before: "I'm not afraid of you saying it proudly..."

It was because of Xue Song's words that Qiao Yu looked up what it meant to create a new mathematical tool. Then he understood...

For example, Gaussian elimination, Newton's method, Leibniz integration method, Laplace transform, Fourier transform... and so on. In short, before these methods were discovered by these top mathematicians, no one thought that mathematics could be played in this way.

This really shows that she is not afraid of his pride.

What Old Xue meant was that his name might be written into textbooks in the future.

Well, actually, Lao Xue didn't mean that. After all, some new methods are not named after people, but Qiao Yu is a novice in mathematics. As we all know, novices in any field often have a kind of blind self-confidence, and some novices even have inexplicable good luck.

Qiao Yu is probably this type of newcomer.

After realizing that he wanted to make a big splash, Qiao Yu has been working really hard during this period of time.

After working so hard until the gold medal in the Xiaolibaba Mathematics Competition arrived, he had no time to celebrate, let alone squander it. He even directly refused Xiaolibaba's special invitation to attend the award ceremony.

The person who informed him on the phone said that this opportunity was rare. Not only could they go to Xiaozhou to see the world, but they also said that some bigwigs would be there to present them with awards. They also said that it would only take up the weekend time, and if the school needed to make up for the missed classes, they could ask for leave for Qiao Yu in the name of Xiaolibaba.

But when Qiao Yu asked in the group of three friends, he learned that Yu Yongjun and Yu Wei had also received invitations. He felt that this opportunity was not so rare and he might as well stay in his own study room at school to continue completing his thesis.

So I decided not to go.

After Yu Wei learned that he was not going, he directly rejected Xiaolibaba's invitation.

The little fat boy originally wanted to take this opportunity to go to Xiaozhou for another trip.

But after learning that Qiao Yu and Yu Wei were not going, he gave up this shameful idea and decided to stay in school and continue to practice questions in preparation for the national competition.

Yes, Yu Wei and Yu Yongjun also participated in this year's National Mathematical Olympiad for Middle School Students.

The two of them also discussed this exam in a group chat. If the results from previous years are the same and nothing unexpected happens, they should both be able to represent their respective regions in the national competition.

Qiao Yu was not surprised by this.

The fact that they were able to achieve success in the Xiaolibaba Mathematics Competition at least proves that both of them have the energy to actively learn advanced mathematics knowledge that one can only learn in college, and that they are also well trained in competition skills. It would be surprising if they could not even rank in the provincial competition.

Although Qiao Yu has been working hard recently, math papers are often not something that can be written simply by hard work. In particular, under the influence of Lao Xue, Qiao Yu plans to submit his paper to a math journal ranked in the top 10% of international influence.

But Qiao Yu really relied on his own efforts and completed the paper two days before National Day as planned, and wrote 18 pages in total.

After finishing writing, Qiao Yu spent another whole day reading the paper over and over again, revising various details that might have problems, including the paper format, wording, every picture, and every detail of the lemma and theorem proof.

Only after he had carefully read it three times and found no errors or omissions did he send the paper directly to the email address that Lao Xue had left for him.

In fact, Qiao Yu felt that it would be more convenient to send the document directly via WeChat, but Lao Xue said that newly completed papers must be delivered via email, and he repeatedly stated this.

When it comes to things that he doesn't understand, Qiao Yu prefers to listen to advice.

It's just an email, it's not a big deal. After sending the paper to Lao Xue, Qiao Yu called him directly according to Lao Xue's request.

There are many rules for big professors.

But considering that Lao Xue has been providing him with various high-quality resources for free, Qiao Yu is still willing to abide by Lao Xue's rules.

There are not many good people in this world who are willing to show their kindness to the outside world for free. Qiao Yu feels that every time he meets one, he needs to cherish him. This is true for the good old man, Professor Xue, and Principal Zhang can also be considered half a good person.

It's not that he despises Principal Zhang. Let's put it this way. Qiao Yu feels that this child, whose morals are far above the social average, is not even a good person in the strict or traditional sense, and it will probably be difficult for him to become such a good person in the future.

There is no special reason, Qiao Yu simply doesn't like to suffer losses.

Soon the call was connected, and Qiao Yu told Xue Song the good news directly: "Professor Xue, I have finished writing my paper and have sent it to your email."

"Huh? So soon? It's only September? Are you sure you've met the requirements I mentioned before?"

The tone of the voice on the other end sounded a little unhappy, even unusually harsh, but Qiao Yu still replied calmly: "I have revised it very carefully. And I sent it to you because I really couldn't find any problems."

"Well... well, I hope you're up to my expectations. You can't imagine what it's like to just finish reading a paper that should have gone straight into the shredder.

It would be fine if it was not rigorous enough, but the paper is also full of grammatical errors, vague expressions, and even the terminology is not used appropriately!
Unfortunately, I just read such a paper. Even more unfortunately, the author of this paper is a student I personally taught.

There is really nothing good about this paper except the method used in the study. Sadly, this method is the direction I gave him.

As much as I want to calm down right now, if your paper also makes me feel hurt, I might question whether I am wasting my life by holding a teaching position now.

So you're sure you don't want to withdraw the paper you sent me and revise it again carefully?"

Well, the case was solved. Qiao Yu understood why Lao Xue, a professor who always had a good temper, suddenly became so resentful.

"Um... I don't think my paper is that bad, right? How about you send me that paper too, so I can take a look at it and use it as a negative example?"

"Okay, keep an eye on your mailbox later. Bye."

Then there was a busy tone.

From the speed at which he hung up the phone, Qiao Yu could sense that Professor Xue's emotions were indeed extremely unstable at the moment.

Of course, this certainly cannot be blamed on him. At this moment, Qiao Yu was really curious about what the paper was about that could make a good-tempered guy like Lao Xue so angry.

He didn't have to wait long before the computer made a "ding" sound.

I opened my email and found that Lao Xue had already sent me the paper.

Qiao Yu downloaded it as soon as possible and read it with a pious attitude.

This is a paper on the algebraic structure of number points and lattice graphs and their applications to number theory.

It is about exploring the algebraic structure of graphs when points are used as vertices of lattice graphs, and how to use graph theory tools to analyze the distribution of points in geometric shapes, such as the distribution of points in ellipses, circles, or high-dimensional spheres. And through the construction of these lattice graphs and the distribution of points, the solutions to Diophantine equations are studied.

Qiao Yu felt it was quite interesting.

In particular, some of the mathematical tools used in it, such as Diophantine approximation, automorphism group, prime number theorem, modular operation and congruence, are also mentioned in the paper written by Qiao Yu.

Of course, there are some contents that Qiao Yu feels are very fresh. For example, when constructing a grid graph, the paper uses the description of group operations, which involves the application of group theory.

But soon Qiao Yu understood why Xue Song felt angry.

how to say……

Qiao Yu couldn't understand how such a good subject could be written into such a horrible way.

What made him feel most uncomfortable was the lack of coherence in the argument and the problems of logical and symbolic jumps.

Just when a lemma aroused his interest and he began to think deeply about it, a bunch of complicated mathematical symbols and formulas suddenly popped up. Although there were explanations, Qiao Yu could not understand what the author of the paper wanted to express.

The most important thing is that Qiao Yu only read five pages when he saw two identical symbols but different definitions.

For example, Qiao Yu just saw that an L was used to represent a grid point set in a paper, and after turning two pages, he saw the same L used to represent the Laplace matrix!
I probably understand why Lao Xue was so angry on the phone.

He had only flipped through five pages when he had a similar feeling. He just wanted to read the paper carefully, so why did he have to show him this kind of thing?
This shouldn't be the case! The key points for writing a paper that Lao Xue gave him included almost all the key points for writing a mathematical paper. Could it be that Lao Xue was too kind to him and only gave him the secrets of his school, not even to his own students?
If this is true, Qiao Yu doesn't know how to repay Xue Song. After all, there is no name or status between the two of them, but the author of this paper is a serious student of Xue Song, with official certification.

If this is true, Qiao Yu really doesn't know how to repay Lao Xue.

However, he obviously shouldn't have to endure such suffering, so after flipping through these five pages, Qiao Yu simply deleted the paper and felt completely relieved.

Even though his first paper might not be perfect, he still had confidence that it was much better than this one.

After all, he was comparing it to the papers that Lao Xue had sent him before. He considered not only the logical arguments, but also the wording and sentence structure of the key parts.

Even after reading this paper, Qiao Yu felt a little happy.

Lao Xue just read this paper, and then read his paper, the contrast is still very obvious. Even if it does not meet Lao Xue's requirements, I think when I criticize it, I will be much gentler.

After all... he was much better than his real student, right? Not to mention that he was receiving remote guidance from Old Xue, while the one opposite him was teaching by example.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu wanted to thank this senior brother named Qin Jingru. Although the two had never met before, the other person really guaranteed his future.

He really had noble people helping him along the way!

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