Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 6 Teacher, I want to study by myself

In fact, as a university teacher, He Sheng generally does not interfere too much with students, but listening in class is still He Sheng's most basic requirement for students.

As for the normal marks, He Sheng will not be too stuck. As long as the students' final final exam scores are on the verge of passing, He Sheng can even "fine-tune" the normal marks so that the students can pass.

It's just that some students' scores are so shabby that even if they get full marks for their usual points, they will still fail in the end.

With the lessons learned from last time, almost no one skipped this class. Many students were also affected by He Sheng's words, and their state was obviously much more serious than before.

During the break, He Sheng habitually took a look to see if any students came up to ask questions.

He Sheng is not the kind of university teacher who leaves immediately after class, because He Sheng feels that as long as the students are paying attention to the class, they will definitely ask some questions.

This look really didn't disappoint He Sheng. He saw a familiar figure walking straight towards He Sheng from the last row.

It was Ning Chen who handed in the last quiz in less than 10 minutes and got a perfect score.

Because he taught too many students, He Sheng was rarely able to remember the names of his students, unless it was a student like Ning Chen who left a deep impression on him.

"Teacher, do you have time?"

"I have time, what's the matter, Ning Chen, did you not understand anything in the class just now?"

Ning Chen was a little surprised. He Sheng was able to call out his name all at once, which is a very rare thing for a university teacher.

"No, teacher, what you just said... I understand everything."

In fact, Ning Chen didn't attend the class at all, but since Ning Chen had already thoroughly understood "Advanced Mathematics", Ning Chen would naturally have no problems with what He Sheng taught.

"Teacher, I would like to know about all the course content of the mathematics major university."

This time, it was He Sheng's turn to be surprised.

"Why, Ning Chen, you are interested in mathematics major, do you want to switch to mathematics major?"

As an associate professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Science, He Sheng really hoped that students like Ning Chen could transfer to the Faculty of Science and have the opportunity to become his students in the future.

According to the requirements of Shengzhou University, as long as the student's grades reach the top ten percent of the major ranking, there is a chance to change majors.

He Sheng felt that students like Ning Chen should still have a very good chance of obtaining the qualifications to change majors.

Ning Chen himself has not considered changing majors. Although Ning Chen in the previous life did not like the material major, but after living a new life, Ning Chen feels that as long as he can keep climbing, it is okay to stay in the material major.

Anyway, now that I have the blessing of the system, it doesn't matter whether I change majors or not.

"Teacher, I haven't considered changing my major yet."

"Huh? Are you preparing to participate in a mathematics competition?"

"I haven't considered this for the time being. Teacher, I am very interested in mathematics. I want to learn about the courses of mathematics majors, and then learn by myself. Teacher, can you give me some pointers?"

Hearing what Ning Chen said, although He Cheng still felt a little puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions. "Of course, I'll explain it to you."

With that said, He Sheng picked up a piece of chalk and explained to Ning Chen while writing on the blackboard.

"Mathematics is divided into the following five second-category subjects: basic mathematics, operations research and control theory, probability theory and mathematical statistics, computational mathematics, and applied mathematics. Here I will focus on the basic mathematics part."

Although Ning Chen's memory is now much better than before, in order to prevent forgetting these important contents, he still chooses to record the key points of He Sheng's explanation.

"As the name suggests, basic mathematics is the study of the most basic mathematical knowledge, but in fact basic mathematics is not as simple as imagined. It is as small as the most basic four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as large as including the 'Riemann Hypothesis', 'Goethe Bach's conjecture' and other unsolved conjectures in mathematics actually belong to the research scope of basic mathematics..."

Ning Chen didn't have a clear idea of ​​the classification of these subjects before, so he listened carefully to He Sheng's explanation, and at the same time constructed a rough structure map of mathematics subjects in his brain.

"Of course, it is definitely not our goal to solve these unknown mathematical conjectures. After all, many conjectures have plagued mankind for a hundred years. In our mathematics major, the main courses we study include..."

Listening to the course content listed by He Sheng, Ning Chen was also somewhat unexpected.

Because it is only a freshman year, the professional courses studied by mathematics majors include mathematical analysis, advanced algebra, analytic geometry, elementary number theory, abstract algebra, and so on.

If you include the entire undergraduate period, there are even more than 20 mathematics courses taken by mathematics majors. This does not include various software and programs to help study mathematics.

"I didn't expect that mathematics can be subdivided into these subjects, and it turns out that mathematics majors don't study advanced mathematics."

Ning Chen couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of his ignorance. After all, Ning Chen's real age is over 30 years old, but this is the first time he has learned such knowledge.

"Of course, to put it bluntly, advanced mathematics is just the most basic overview of the knowledge learned by mathematics majors. So in fact, advanced mathematics is not as difficult as you think. If you listen to the courses of mathematics majors, it will Know what real math is.”

Since He Sheng was only explaining to Ning Chen alone, He Sheng's voice was not loud, which made many students not very clear about what He Sheng and Ning Chen were talking about.

"Teacher He and Ning Chen have been chatting for the entire class, and looking at Teacher He's expression, he seems to be very happy."

He Sheng usually gave the students a more serious impression, and this was the first time they saw so many smiles on He Sheng's face.

"I see that Mr. He also wrote Goldbach's conjecture on the blackboard. Is Ning Chen going to start researching the unknown conjecture in mathematics?"

"No way, Brother Chen is already this awesome?"

"Anyway, Brother Chen is definitely not on the same level as us. Others take [-] points because they have the strength of [-] points, and Brother Chen takes [-] points because the highest test paper is only [-] points."

It wasn't until the class bell rang that the communication between He Sheng and Ning Chen had to be interrupted.

"It's time for class, so let's talk about it first, and I'll talk to you later when I have time."

"Okay, thank you teacher!"

Ning Chen is already very satisfied with what he learned from He Sheng, and what Ning Chen has to do next is to overcome these courses one by one.

(End of this chapter)