I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 394 Arriving at Princeton University
After more than 20 hours of long-distance flight, Qin Ke arrived at Philadelphia International Airport in New Jersey.

This time, there were also two teachers from Qingmu University, Sun Liwen, Zheng Haiqiao, and Chen Ming.

Sun Liwen and Zheng Haiqiao are both more than 30 years old, young and strong middle-aged men.

According to reports, Sun Liwen is a lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Because he had studied at Princeton University as an undergraduate and is good at taking pictures, he acted as a guide this time and was also responsible for recording Qin Ke's movements at the report meeting, taking pictures, and writing publicity drafts. The other teacher, Zheng Haiqiao, is a staff member of the Academic Affairs Office, and together with Chen Ming, is responsible for arranging Qin Ke's life.

Sun Liwen is okay, Qin Ke looks familiar, but Zheng Haiqiao has never been seen in school, but Zheng Haiqiao was personally arranged by Vice President Gu to accompany him on the trip, presumably this arrangement has its own intentions from the school.

Zheng Haiqiao looked serious, not very talkative, somewhat similar to Chen Ming.Sun Liwen was very talkative, and had a good chat with Qin Ke along the way.

After leaving the airport, there was already a car waiting. Qin Ke and the others got into the car, and the journey went smoothly, and they arrived in Princeton in the afternoon.

Facing the bright sunshine, Qin Ke curiously looked at this famous humanistic small town.

Yes, although Princeton is called a "city", it is actually the size of a rural town. The economy is not prosperous, and its residents are only about 30,000 people. It is even worse than Qin Ke's hometown Qingping Town. Even buses and taxis Cars are rare, and it is almost impossible to move without a private car.

However, its scenery is quite beautiful, the faces of passers-by are peaceful and leisurely, and there are many scenes of residents sitting outside with books in the sun, drinking coffee and reading, with a strong cultural atmosphere.

Because the Christmas holiday has just ended, Christmas trees, ribbons, Christmas celebrations and other slogans can still be seen in the small town, which has quite Western characteristics.

Princeton is best known for its Princeton University and Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.

The status of Princeton University is unique in the world's academic circles, and it is the legendary temple of mathematics.

It has always adhered to the principle of academic supremacy, and is world-renowned for its tradition of emphasizing quality, research, and theory. Even in modern times, it still "stubbornly" does not offer the most popular majors such as MBA, medicine, and law, but only focuses on mathematics and philosophy. , physics, history, economics, architecture and other traditional subjects.

It is this focus and persistence that has made Princeton University famous in the world and has cultivated countless elite talents, including two US presidents, twelve Supreme Court justices, 69 Nobel Prize winners, and [-] Filipinos. There are fourteen Turing Award winners, and countless other outstanding graduates.

The Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is also a world-renowned theoretical research institution and academic sanctuary. It has the same origin as Princeton University but is not affiliated with each other. It consists of the School of Historical Research, the School of Mathematics, the School of Natural Sciences and the School of Social Sciences.Physicist Einstein, mathematician von Neumann, logician Kurt Gödel, and game theory master John Nash have all conducted research here.

Qin Ke flipped through the local introduction materials in his hand, and suddenly remembered that Qingmu University also had an Institute for Advanced Study, which was said to be established in imitation of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.

The car arrived at the destination very quickly. According to the arrangement of Qingmu University, Qin Ke did not live in the "Princeton Hotel" designated by Princeton University for this academic report, but stayed in the Peacock Hotel next to him. Sun Liwen, Zheng Haiqiao and Chen Ming lived in his left and right rooms.

After settling down and washing off the dust, Qin Ke changed into a casual and light down jacket, and accompanied by Sun Liwen and Chen Ming, went to visit the census of Kingston University and the conference venue in advance.

Qingmu University has not had a student from Princeton University for several years, whether it is a master's offer or a doctoral offer, so at this time there is no alumni at the school to serve as guides, and only lecturers like Sun Liwen can follow from China Being a guide is a bit embarrassing.

Yanda actually has a graduate student in Princeton, but Qingmu University is ashamed to ask for a competitor's student?

There is no way out, Princeton University has always been the principle of preferring what is lacking in admissions. It requires very good grades, a high level of spoken English in the written test, as well as academic achievements such as competitions, published papers, and awards. For Xia Guo students In the previous condition, oral English is already the first stumbling block, and the latter academic achievement requirements are even more difficult.

There are too few who can win gold medals in world-class competitions at the high school or undergraduate level, or publish papers in international academic journals.

Therefore, Princeton recruits no more than one student in Xiaguo every year, and sometimes fails to recruit suitable students for two or three consecutive years, so the quota is vacated and given to Europe.

Under such strict requirements, it is not surprising that Qingmu University has not been admitted to Princeton University for a master's degree or a doctorate degree in the past six years.On the contrary, Yanda is very famous for its mathematics major, and occasionally one or two super talented scholars will get a master's offer from Princeton.

"Look, the small iron gate in front is the school gate of Princeton, it's called Fitz Randolph Gate. In the past, there was a rumor from somewhere in the country that the students of Pudong University can only enter and exit this gate once in their lifetime when they enroll and graduate. , If you leave halfway, you won’t be able to graduate. In fact, there is no such saying. Anyway, I often went in and out of this place when I was an undergraduate. Didn’t I also get a bachelor’s degree certificate and a bachelor’s degree certificate? Of course, occasionally I will reflect on it. Not a graduate student at Puda, just because I keep coming in and out of the gate?"

Speaking of the latter, Sun Liwen himself laughed first, and Qin Ke couldn't help Wan'er, and secretly nodded in his heart. This teacher Sun has a good eloquence, and he is very qualified as a guide.

Sun Liwen is said to be an IMO gold medalist 15 years ago, and his English skills are also very good. He scored a high TOEFL score of 115 in high school, and was lucky enough to be admitted to Princeton University as an undergraduate student majoring in mathematics.However, he failed when he was admitted as a graduate student at Pudong University. Later, he worked hard to pass the combined master's and doctoral program at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Xiaguo two years ago and is currently a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics of Qingmu University.

"From the school gate, you can see the main building of PSU, the administrative building, Nasu Building, with the school motto of PPU on it."

"The school motto of Puda is 'Dei Sub Nmine Viget', and the English version is 'Under the Protection of God She Flourishes', which means 'she prospers in the name of God'. This is because Puda was originally a Christian church. Founded by the Presbyterian Church, there are traces of the church."

"Look, there are two green bronze tiger statues in front of the Nassau Building, which are the mascots of Princeton University. I will show you the Art Museum, the Flint Library..."

Qin Ke walked with Sun Liwen in this world-famous university, and had to sigh that this is indeed an ancient and solemn university full of humanistic atmosphere. Gothic domed buildings and ancient Greek-style buildings can be seen everywhere, and there are also some The sculptures and decorations in the modern minimalist style add a bit of vitality to this ancient institution.

College students from all over the world passed by the three of them from time to time, just glanced at them curiously, then withdrew their gazes, and continued to talk loudly. This kind of expression full of confidence and a certain sense of pride and scrutiny, even in China, Yanda University, Students from top universities like Qingmu are rare.

It can be seen that Pu Dali students are very proud of being a member of Pu Dali.

Qin Ke took a lot of photos casually, and planned to share them with Ning Qingyun after returning to the hotel with WIFI.

The official time for Princeton's mathematics academic report meeting is tomorrow, and it will be held in the auditorium of Pudong University. Here, a welcome banner has been pulled up at the entrance of the auditorium building, and staff members are coming in and out to make the final arrangement of the meeting place. Work.

Qin Ke and the others finished the "spotting", and it was getting late after seeing the sky. They were about to turn back along the school road, but after walking for a while, they unexpectedly heard a "quarrel" coming from a corner not far away.

To be precise, it is an academic controversy.

Qin Ke looked over curiously, and saw a bonfire burning in an open space more than ten steps away. Ten foreign students were surrounding the bonfire and launching a "violent attack" on one of them, who was obviously of Asian descent.

"Xu, you just proposed in class that by setting the adjoint surface of 'Q=N-2', the double integral can remain finite on the four-dimensional surface. I completely disagree with this point of view. According to Griffiths' algebra Geometric principles, your setting can’t explain how the curve on the surface dissolves the singularity.”

"That is, did you ignore the genus formula for curves on surfaces?"

"The Enriques surface is the quotient of the K3 surface. When the geometric genus = 0, the 'Q=N-2' you set is a tasteless one, and the irregularity of S'' is not considered at all..."

A blond-haired American student even wrote directly on the whiteboard next to him: "Look, with my calculation method, your assumption is completely unnecessary."

Xia Guo's graduate student surnamed Xu was left speechless by the question, and then blushed amidst the laughter of the rest of the students.

Qin Ke asked Sun Liwen next to him in a low voice: "Is this the academic exchange atmosphere of Pudong University?"

Sun Liwen rubbed his nose and said in embarrassment: "Well, there are quite a lot of outdoor debates in Pu Dali. When eating and drinking beer around the campfire like this, they will often re-discuss certain views in the class that day. The classroom encourages students to actively speak. Basically, the professor asks questions, and then the students take turns to answer the questions below. Whether they are correct or not is left to the students for group discussion. The professor only makes instructive guidance and conclusions. This is how Pudong University adopts this kind of thinking Collisions to stimulate students' creative thinking and improve students' thinking agility. But..."

When Sun Liwen said this, he seemed to recall his embarrassing experience, and sighed softly: "Students from Xia Guo worked harder in the General Assembly, because their test scores are very good, but their immediate answers in class are often not outstanding. ..."

Qin Ke understood, simply speaking, it is good to do the test slowly, but it is not good to make sudden changes on the spot.

It's no wonder that under the domestic education system and the non-native English language environment, it is not easy to fully understand the professor's courses, let alone quickly catch up with the rhythm, think about the answers and express them clearly orally up.

Qin Ke shook his head. They were in an academic exchange. Although the atmosphere was a bit unpleasant, he didn't want to interfere. He was about to turn around and leave when he heard a foreign student say, "Xu, can you come to our Puda University?" , should be considered the most powerful student in mathematics among the students in Xia Kingdom?"

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