The top student must be diligent.

Chapter 18 The Weight of Knowledge

“These books cover a wide range of research topics in mathematics from undergraduate to graduate level.”

"For example, this book on advanced algebra, this book on mathematical analysis, and geometry."

As he spoke, Liu Bin took out a few books from the pile in front of him and said, "I suggest you study these books first, because they are the foundation of many other books that will follow, and they are also the foundation of the foundation after entering the mathematics major."

"After that, you can start reading some advanced books, like this book on abstract algebra."

"Abstract algebra is relatively difficult, and it can be considered the first difficult subject that undergraduate mathematics students face. Our School of Mathematics at USTC usually offers this course in the first semester of the sophomore year, and the failure rate has always been relatively high."

"Of course, if abstract algebra is studied well, it will be very beneficial to the study of other disciplines."

"And then there are these..."

Although Liu Bin was in a hurry, he still explained to Xiao Yi in detail the things that need to be paid attention to while reading the book.

"...That's all I can tell you now. I've basically told you everything you need to pay attention to when studying undergraduate mathematics. Of course, with so many books, I think it will be enough for you to study for a long time."

"My hope is that you will be able to finish reading all these undergraduate books before you enroll in the second half of this year."

“That means a lot when you get to college.”

"Because it means you don't have to waste time on the same courses as others, and it will also be very helpful for you to enter Hua Luogeng's mathematics class."

Luo Penghua asked, "Professor Liu, if you say so, doesn't it mean Xiao Yi will definitely be admitted to Hua Luogeng's class?"

Liu Bin laughed: "Nothing is certain. We need to know the story of Zhongyong."

Then he became a little more serious and warned Xiao Yi: "So Xiao Yi, your talent cannot be wasted. You must keep learning."

Xiao Yi nodded: "I know, Professor Liu."

What a joke! If he doesn't keep learning, the buff of [Ruthless Continuous Learning] will be gone.

Luo Penghua smiled and said, "Professor Liu, please rest assured about this. I feel that there is no student who loves learning more than Xiao Yi. He will study on his own without supervision."

"That's good." Liu Bin nodded with a smile, "Then you can take the books away now. Hmm... it's indeed a bit too much."

Xiao Yi and Luo Penghua looked at each other. More than 40 books, how could it not be a lot?
Finally, Luo Penghua patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, stop standing there stupidly, and start moving."

Xiao Yi shrugged, then walked forward and started moving the books.

He was carrying a schoolbag, and Liu Bin's trunk also happened to have bags for the books, so packing the books was not a big problem.

As he was moving the books, he discovered that there were actually a few English textbooks inside, and couldn't help but ask, "Professor Liu, do I want to read these English textbooks, too?"

Liu Bin took a look and said, "Well... I carefully selected these English textbooks, so I recommend them to you. For example, this one, Principles of Algebraic Geometry, was written by Alexander Grothendieck, the founder of modern algebraic geometry and also known as the Emperor of Mathematics. This book provides a very in-depth and easy-to-understand explanation of algebraic geometry."

"But algebraic geometry is difficult, so I suggest you learn the basics of algebraic geometry first before trying this book. In fact, this book should be a textbook for graduate students or even at any stage."

"But you can take a look at some other English textbooks in advance, such as this one called 'Galois Theory' which is pretty good."

"However, the premise of reading these books is that your English is good enough. Otherwise, if you misunderstand some words during the learning process, it will affect your understanding."

Putting down the English textbooks in his hands, Liu Bin said, "In short, you should wait until you are confident in reading these English textbooks before reading them."

Xiao Yi nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Then they didn't say anything more. Soon, Xiao Yi and Luo Penghua packed all the books and said goodbye to Liu Bin.

Carrying four large bags of books, Xiao Yi and Luo Penghua were exhausted, which made them deeply feel the weight of knowledge. Fortunately, their science class 3 classroom was on the first floor of the teaching building, saving them the pain of climbing stairs.

As for the books in the bag, there was obviously no place to put them on Xiao Yi's desk, so he temporarily placed them in Luo Penghua's office.

Afterwards, Xiao Yi returned to the classroom.

Naturally, he became the focus of everyone's attention as soon as he came back.

"Brother Xiao is back."

"Brother Xiao, please sit down."

Looking at the looks on his classmates' faces, Xiao Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But he didn't say anything and went straight back to his seat.

Chen Wei, who was sitting at the same table, came up immediately and said, "Brother Xiao, why did Professor Liu ask you to go?"

"Oh, just sent me some teaching materials or something."

As Xiao Yi spoke, he took off his schoolbag and took out a few books from it.

Although the other books were in those bags, he still carried a few books in his schoolbag.
The first thing he brought out was mathematical analysis.

Chen Wei's eyes widened immediately: "Oh my god, is this a university textbook?"

Xiao Yi nodded, "Yes."

"Open it and see what's inside."

Xiao Yi flipped a page at random, and the two of them took a look. Chen Wei covered his head and said, "Oh my god, what is this? I don't understand it at all..."

Then he glanced at Xiao Yi, and found that Xiao Yi was actually reading with great interest.

He couldn't help but ask: "No way? Can you understand this?"

Xiao Yi replied: "Hmm... I didn't understand it at first, but I understood it after reading it for a while. Isn't the definition written here?"

"…Is it true or false?" Chen Wei didn't believe it. Xiao Yi understood it after looking at it for a while, but he couldn't understand it?

Can the gap between people be so big?
So he took another look at it, "Riemann integral... The function f(x, y) is defined in the closed area D. Take any point (x, y) in the closed area D and give the point (x, y) an increment vector in the positive direction of the axis..."

"What the hell is this!"

He covered his head, a little collapsed.

However, when he turned around again, Xiao Yi had actually seen another page!

Please, do you have to be so exaggerated?
"No brother, are you really sure you can understand it?"

Xiao Yi nodded as he looked at it and said, "It's okay, and don't you think it's interesting?"

As he said this, he turned the page.

Chen Wei: Damn...

When you are tired, destroy it quickly.

It turns out that the gap between people can really be so big!!
(End of this chapter)