From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 56 You're here to clean up the academic world, aren't you?

"This conference invited three doctoral students to give presentations, and you are one of them..."

"Attending a conference, giving a presentation, and meeting new people to broaden your horizons would be beneficial. Academician Du Bin of Capital University speaks highly of you!"

"Your 'higher-order fixed-form approximation transformation' has had a great impact and has been adopted by many institutions."

"You have a great talent for computational mathematics. Physics research also requires computation, and it's very important. It can't hurt to get more involved in it..."

Meng Guoqing kept trying to persuade him.

Later, finding that they couldn't persuade him, they even called in Zhao Jianyang, the dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences.

The two of them then gave him another round of persuasion.

Zhu Bingkun and Xue Kun stood to the side, their expressions clearly showing strong resistance, yet at the same time, they felt that what Meng Guoqing and Zhao Jianyang said also made sense.

Zhang Minghao is indeed a genius in computational mathematics.

He spent several days conducting research on advanced formula transformations, and by substituting experimental data into calculations, he directly proved that the preliminary experiments were wrong.

This incident left a very deep impression on me.

But the problem is, Zhang Minghao is also a physics genius, and he collaborated with Sun Wen from the Institute of Optics...

Xue Kun and Zhu Bingkun exchanged a glance, and suddenly became even more worried.

Mathematics is secondary.

Zhang Minghao is a genius in computational mathematics, which does not conflict with his research direction in electromagnetic metamaterials.

Optics is different.

Tan Yanming has said more than once that he hopes Dr. Zhang Minghao will become a researcher at the Institute of Optics after graduation.

That's blatant poaching!
Xue Kun sighed and said to Zhu Bingkun, "It's really a problem when students are too outstanding!"

"I hope he can stay in the Applied Electromagnetism Lab, but it's hard to say even after graduation..."

Zhu Bingkun rolled his eyes. "How about this, you hand over the difficulties to me? I'm willing to take on the challenge. Or, we can switch places, and I'll give Xu Chao to you!"

“I have another student named Ma Yan. I’ll trade him for you.”

……

Zhang Minghao eventually agreed to attend the computational mathematics conference.

He didn't want to go for two reasons: firstly, he had never experienced it before, and secondly, he felt it was a bit strange for a physics PhD student to attend a mathematics conference.

When I agreed, I suddenly felt a little nervous.

He is a PhD student in physics, and even though he is always said to have a high level of mathematical ability, the comparison is with PhD students in physics.

He could also be described as having outstanding physics skills among pure mathematics doctoral students.

That doesn't make any sense.

Even though he had completed research in computational mathematics, he was still just a physics PhD student. "Correct Perception" could help him do groundbreaking research, but it couldn't help him expand his knowledge base.

For the next week, Zhang Minghao studied computational mathematics.

Computational mathematics, also known as numerical computation methods or numerical analysis, is a discipline formed by the interdisciplinary integration of multiple disciplines.

He focuses on two main areas: one is conventional numerical methods for solving partial differential equations.

The other is the theory of numerical approximation of functions.

These two directions are related to 'higher-order fixed transformations'. He was worried that he would be stumped by the scholars in the audience when he gave the presentation. His research would not be rejected, but it would be embarrassing to lose face when giving the presentation.

When giving a presentation at an academic conference for the first time, you can only succeed; failure is not an option.

Last-minute cramming enriched my knowledge base and improved my thinking assessment scores.

Thinking +1.

[Thinking level: 81.]

"You've gotten smarter again..."

While indulging in the pleasure of increased IQ, he also had new ideas for the study of 'magnetic correlation'.

"I wonder if there's a way to bypass the fermion Hubbard model and perform a special solution?"

“The fermion Hubbard model describes the strong correlation of electron motion, but for ‘magnetic correlation’, it is not necessary to do all the solutions.”

"For a specific problem, taking a specific range that is independent of the global solution, and only substituting the parameters related to 'magnetic correlation,' the time-sensitivity issue of the model can be simplified..."

This line of thinking is correct.

The question is, how do we select specific values? How do we define a specific range? What are the specific parameters related to 'magnetic correlation'?
Attending a computational mathematics conference and listening to the presentations might just provide some inspiration.

……

The afternoon before the conference, Zhang Minghao and several other professors flew to the capital. On the way, Zhang Minghao couldn't help but ask, "Professor Meng, can't we leave a little earlier?"

"Looking at the time, it's already past midnight when we get to the hotel..."

Meng Guoqing replied somewhat awkwardly, "It doesn't matter whether it's earlier or later, I'll go to the meeting the next day anyway."

After the plane landed at the airport, the group took a taxi to the hotel they had booked.

Zhang Minghao had another question: "Why not stay in a hotel closer to the university? It's a 20-minute drive from here to the Capital University, isn't it?"

"It doesn't matter where you live..."

Meng Guoqing was about to explain when Xue Fengzhu, unable to stand it any longer, said directly, "To save money!"

"Hotels near the Capital University are too expensive, but these are several hundred yuan cheaper and have larger rooms."

"understood."

Zhang Minghao then realized that the school had directly reimbursed him for attending the meeting.

Meng Guoqing, Xue Fengzhu, and others spent research funds, but the funding for mathematics projects is not much, and they even try to save money whenever possible when attending academic conferences.

Being a math professor isn't easy!

They went to bed and fell asleep as soon as they entered the room that day. The next morning at seven o'clock, the group was already at the restaurant having breakfast.

We arrived at Capital University at 8:00 AM.

This conference on computational mathematics was jointly organized by the Chinese Mathematical Society and Capital University. More than 500 scholars attended, including more than 20 international scholars.

The conference was held at the International Center for Mathematics at Capital University.

Zhang Minghao arrived at the mathematics center with several professors, checked in at the designated location and received his work badge, and then went to the venue where the opening ceremony was held.

There were many people in the venue, most of them gathered in twos and threes.

As soon as they entered, they heard a greeting, "Meng Guoqing, over here!"

Meng Guoqing went over upon hearing the sound.

There was a group of people gathered over there. Meng Guoqing pulled Zhang Minghao over and introduced him with a big smile, "Academician Du, this is Zhang Minghao!"

Zhang Minghao looked up.

He had always heard from others that Academician Du Bin admired him, and now he had finally met him in person.

Du Bin has a square face, wears square-framed glasses, and has a full head of white hair, but he looks very energetic.

He smiled at Zhang Minghao and extended his hand warmly, saying, "It's great to see you, Zhang Minghao!"

"I was a reviewer for that paper on 'Advanced Approximate Transformation of Regimens.' When I first read it, I found it very novel. The research didn't seem complicated, but it must have been quite difficult to actually implement, right?"

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Meng Guoqing's expression was a little strange, and immediately asked in confusion, "Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"It's not easy."

Meng Guoqing suppressed a laugh and added, "Zhang Minghao has been studying it for several days."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him were both surprised and amused.

A middle-aged man with squinting eyes suddenly walked over and patted Zhang Minghao on the shoulder. "You're Zhang Minghao?"

Zhang Minghao frowned, reached out and moved the other person's hand away, and asked, "Who are you?"

The middle-aged man withdrew his hand, a smirk playing on his lips, and said, "So young, truly formidable!"

"It is said that the younger generation surpasses the older generation, but young people should also learn from their seniors with a humble attitude."

"you're right!"

Zhang Minghao nodded in agreement, then said, "However, I'm a PhD student in physics, and my advisor is doing experimental research in the field of stanene. Do you know anything about that?"

The middle-aged man paused for a moment, then remained silent.

Zhang Minghao shrugged. "So, there's nothing I can do about it since our research fields are different; we can't learn from each other!"

The middle-aged man had already realized what was happening. He glared angrily, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

Zhang Minghao curled his lip indifferently, turned his head and asked, "Professor Meng, who was that person just now? Why did he seem so unfriendly to me?"

Meng Guoqing opened his mouth but didn't say anything; he sensed that Zhang Minghao wasn't very friendly.

For every sentence the other person said, he retorted with a whole set of words.

These young people these days are really something, they're even trying to clean up the academic world?

　I'm humbly asking for your monthly votes!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)