Ignoring the student who suddenly became excited, Xu Chuan looked down at the list of materials.
It has to be said that NTU's mathematics department is much stronger now than when he enrolled a few years ago.
If NTU’s mathematics department could only be ranked at the second-middle or lower level among universities across the country before, it is now ranked at the first-rate level.
Both the quality of students and the scale of teachers have grown a lot.
After looking through the list of materials, Xu Chuan picked out eight candidates and prepared to interview these people.
Of course, it was impossible for him to bring so many people, and half of these eight people would eventually be cut off.
After spending some time conducting interviews with these eight students, Xu Chuan finally locked in four places.
Two graduate students and two doctoral students.
The best doctoral student among them had already received an offer from the Department of Mathematics of Cambridge University and published two papers in SCI Area 2 with the highest impact factor of 16. However, after hearing that Xu Chuan was recruiting students, he decisively
Submit your resume and attend the interview.
Although he has received an admission notice from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Cambridge, in comparison, the offer from the University of Cambridge is unattractive in comparison to a student who can become the chief designer of the controllable nuclear fusion project, a double-prize winner from Nophi.
Even though the mathematics department of the University of Cambridge is very powerful and ranks among the top ten in the world, just because the school is great does not mean that the tutor he applied for is also great.
If this big boss hadn't restricted his recruitment of students to NTU, he would have had no chance of having this opportunity.
After all, there are still many mathematical geniuses in China.
In NTU, he can still be ranked at the top, but in the whole country of China, there are many better students than him.
If it were extended to the whole world, there wouldn't even be a need to recruit foreign students. Just those who go out to study would probably have to come back as soon as they hear about this opportunity.
I'm just saying that sometimes life just depends on a little bit of luck.
.......
NTU, experimental building of the Department of Mathematics.
Outside an office with the widest view at the end of the corridor on the third floor, four students, three men and one woman, arrived here almost at the same time, as if they had made an appointment.
Although Professor Xu asked them to come after nine o'clock today, everyone unanimously arrived half an hour earlier.
For the four of them, being accepted as a student by this big boss is like a pie falling from the sky. On the first day of class, they naturally have to leave a good impression in advance.
In the office, Xu Chuan was not there, only Cai Peng was studying there.
Seeing the four people knocking on the door and walking in, Cai Peng stood up and greeted with a smile: "Are you the tutor's new students? The professor told me yesterday. My name is Cai Peng, and I will be your senior brother from now on.
Already."
"Hello, senior brother."
"Hello, Senior Brother Cai."
"...."
The four newbies who had just entered the school greeted each other respectfully, while Cai Peng had a smile on his face, intoxicated by the sounds of his senior brothers.
After entertaining the four people to sit down on the sofa, Cai Peng poured them a glass of water and said with a smile: "The professor may have to wait a while before he comes. You can sit here for a while first. I still have hundreds of millions of books to read."
After receiving the four freshmen, he returned to his seat and continued to read.
In the office, the four freshmen looked at me, then at you, and then at Cai Peng, who was studying, and looked at each other.
"Eldest Brother, you are working too hard!"
"Are the requirements for being a professor's student so high?"
The great road to simplicity, the great β to sincerity.
It has to be said that in the next half hour or so waiting for Xu Chuan's arrival, Cai Peng's hard reading and studying really shocked the four freshmen.
Although everyone who can get a master's degree or a Ph.D. degree must take their studies seriously. But isn't it a bit exaggerated to not relax for a moment, to concentrate on studying every moment?
If Cai Peng could know what they were thinking, he would definitely roll his eyes.
If it were you who studied six textbooks in three months, would you be worried?
He's so heartless that he can't even complete his mission.
The group of people waited in the office for more than half an hour. At early nine o'clock, Xu Chuan arrived at the office on time.
Glancing at the students in the office, he smiled and said hello: "You're all here very early."
"professor."
"Hello, Professor."
"...."
Seeing Xu Chuan's arrival, the four freshmen stood up quickly and greeted them solemnly.
To be honest, none of the four of them knew much about their mentor at the end of their academic career.
Of course, they definitely know each other, after all, they often see them on TV, on school banners, on bulletin walls and other places. But their knowledge is limited to this.
In the past, you might not have felt anything when looking at this big boss through a mobile phone TV screen, or on a public bulletin wall. At most, you could only sigh and sigh at how awesome he is.
However, as a student, you will face such a top boss. Even if you have already gone through an interview, the pressure is still coming, making you nervous.
Xu Chuan saw the restraint of several students, but he didn't care. He smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Since everyone is here, let's introduce each other to each other. We all know each other."
Among the four students, the oldest one, a doctoral student named Ding Rui, was also the one who had previously received an offer of admission to the Department of Mathematics at Cambridge University.
This student studied applied mathematics as an undergraduate (the only major in the Department of Mathematics at NTU at that time), and studied functional analysis as a master's degree. Now that he has entered a Ph.D., he is still studying functional analysis.
The second person is Tong Yang, who is also a doctoral student. His current major is analytic geometry.
The third person is the only girl among the four, her name is Yin Shi. She is studying in the second year of graduate school. She has done very well in the postgraduate entrance examination. She scored 393 out of 400 points. She also has a published SCI paper, although it is only
SCI zone three, but already quite excellent.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The fourth one is called Rong Xinji, the youngest, only twenty years old. He just entered the first year of graduate school this year and is a guaranteed graduate. But he won the individual gold medal at IMO
, a player with extremely high talent.
Originally, such students usually went directly to Shuimu or Peking University, but this Rong Xinji could be said to be a fan of Xu Chuan, so he abandoned Shuimu and Peking University and came to Nanjing University.
Now he has got his wish and has successfully become Xu Chuan's student.
After introducing each other, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "From today on, you are my students. I will try my best to teach you and pass on knowledge to you."
"But you also know that because I usually have a lot of my own research and projects, I may not have much time to teach you. I told you this during the interview. If you mind, I
I can find a new mentor for you."
Xu Chuan still knew about his own time, so he reiterated it again.
But for these four students, if they can sign up for this tutor, what kind of bicycles do they need?
Seeing that no one quit, Xu Chuan continued: "Since you have all made your choice, you need to redouble your efforts in the next time."
"No matter what, I don't want to see you wasting your time and talents under me. So I will check and assess you from time to time."
"Of course, if you encounter any problems in the daily study process, you can send me an email or message if you don't understand it. I will reply to you in time. In addition, you can also go to Professor Gu Bing of Mathematics.
He was my student before and I believe he can answer some of your questions."
"As for daily study, I generally don't make requirements. It's up to you to decide which books, papers and journals you read. But I hope you take your studies seriously. This is what determines your own life.
A matter of fate.”
"As for graduation, I have high requirements for every student. If they complete it independently, at least it should be a top journal paper in SCI area one."
"If it is done through cooperation, I will select some difficult problems for you based on the direction of your study and research, and you can just choose one of them to solve."
Upon hearing this request, the four freshmen gasped almost simultaneously.
The graduation requirement is at least one SCI paper from the first area. To be honest, this requirement is really scary in domestic universities.
Even in Princeton, the mecca of mathematics, there are probably not many students who use this standard as a graduation thesis requirement.
The two graduate students may be okay. After all, they are both juniors and they don't know the requirements for the top journals in SCI District 1. But the two doctoral students are numb.
Even for Ding Rui, who already has two SCI Area II papers in hand, this requirement is not so easy to achieve.
No wonder their senior brother Cai Peng worked so hard.
Maybe it would be easier to work together to complete the difficult questions the instructor asked?
.......
After briefly telling the new students some requirements and standards for their studies, Xu Chuan paused for a moment and continued: "In addition, regarding your future study direction, I will give you another chance. You can choose again, or you can
Just follow what’s on your resume.”
"As for the directions and fields that I am good at, there is an introduction about me on the campus website. You can go and take a look. I will give you one day to think and understand. After choosing the direction, I will send the choice before tomorrow morning.
Just put it in my email."
"Any other questions?"
Several freshmen shook their heads and replied: "No more."
In the crowd, Ding Rui originally wanted to ask what the criteria were for graduation cooperation to complete difficult problems, but seeing that the other three people said they had no problem, he didn't ask.
Xu Chuan nodded: "Okay, that's it for today. You should prepare well."
After saying that, he left the office, not caring about the students. He had other things to do today.
Xu Chuan left, and the office became more lively again.
The four freshmen looked at each other and looked at each other.
Is this the end?
In the crowd, Ding Rui thought of something, walked up to Cai Peng who was studying, and asked curiously: "Brother Cai, does the instructor have such high requirements for graduation? Isn't this a bit exaggerated for a TOP paper in the first SCI area?"
Already?"
Cai Peng smiled and said: "Exaggeration? If you knew how difficult it is to choose a cooperative solution after graduation, you wouldn't find it difficult to write an SCI paper in one area."
"What's the difficulty level?" Ding Rui asked curiously.
Cai Peng glanced at him with interest, did not answer his question, and asked instead: "You don't want to work together to complete the graduation problem, do you?"
Ding Rui nodded and said, "I do have this idea."
"What a commendable courage!" Cai Peng clapped and continued: "I want to ask, do you know that besides me, there are two other seniors, Brother Gu Bing and Senior Sister Amelia, who have graduated?"
Ding Rui nodded and said, "I still know this. Do they have any problems?"
"Then do you know what problems they solved to graduate?" Cai Peng asked with a mysterious smile.
"What problem?"
"World-class mathematical conjecture - the proof of Bloch's conjecture!" Cai Peng replied: "You are studying functional analysis. You may not know much about this conjecture and have never heard of the name, but you should know about the twin prime conjecture.
Right? It’s about as difficult as the twin prime conjecture.”
Hearing this, Ding Rui couldn't help but swallowed, and asked tremblingly: "Did Senior Brother Gu and the others graduate after solving such a conjecture?"
Cai Peng smiled and nodded, saying: "I am very optimistic about you, Junior Brother Ding!"
Hearing this, Ding Rui's mouth twitched.
Damn it, cooperation to solve problems, if this is the requirement for graduation, I'm afraid he will never graduate in his life.
A world-class mathematical conjecture, it is still on the same level as the twin prime number conjecture.
Fortunately, he had previously thought about working together to complete the graduation problem. If he really chose this path, he had no doubt that he would never graduate.
terrible!
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