Top Student: Wasteland Technology Invasion

"When I went to Yenching University for a conference, I was talking with Dean Wang of the School of Mathematics at Yenching University about how the hope for mathematics in our country lies in the younger generation. I didn't expect that you would publish such a paper in a journal so soon after I returned from Yenching. Vance Peirce is right, Lin Chuan has enormous potential in mathematics. The future of mathematical conjectures and such will depend on you!"

As soon as Dean Zhang finished praising Lin Chuan, Director Ding chimed in.

As the owner of the office, Director Ding has a knack for praising people.

One after another, four-character idioms, each unique, flowed from his mouth.

It's hard to imagine that a professor who studies mathematics would say such a thing.

No wonder he's a person who goes into administration.

Director Ding started by praising Lin Chuan's college entrance examination scores and math skills, then moved on to his age, and finally even complimented Lin Chuan's appearance.

This caused a room full of professors to smile repeatedly.

Lin Chuan was indeed getting tired of listening, and finally, taking advantage of a moment when Director Ding was catching his breath while drinking tea, he asked, "I heard that if an SCI paper is published, the university has a policy of giving a reward, is that right?"

Professor Lu paid the publication fee for the paper "Spectral Stability Analysis of Non-Self-Adjoint Matrices". According to what Lin Chuan knew before, the subsidy for mathematical papers was not much due to the impact factor.

But even a mosquito's leg is still meat, no matter how small, and Lin Chuan didn't mind at all.

He's now just waiting to snowball these returns, aiming to publish a paper every week to earn money to subsidize his wasteland exploration.

Upon hearing this, before anyone else could say anything, Lu Zhiwei laughed first, "You little rascal, all you're thinking about is money. Can you really do academic research for money?"

Lin Chuan really wanted to say, "Yes, it's all for the money."

But he held back in the end.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhiwei changed the subject, "Dean Zhang, Lin Chuan's scholarship application form has been submitted for quite a while. Why don't we process it at the same time as issuing his thesis subsidy? Let's not wait until the National Day holiday, shall we?"

Dean Zhang laughed, "Hey, Zhiwei's been waiting for me here! Don't worry, Lin Chuan will definitely get some material rewards. As for the scholarship, I'll personally go to the school's academic affairs office after lunch to urge Lin Chuan to get it. How does that sound?"

Lin Chuan was overjoyed. "Thank you, Dean Zhang."

Dean Zhang waved his hand, "You're welcome."

After finishing their business, Director Ding didn't let the conversation fall silent and immediately suggested going to Chengyue Restaurant for dinner.

Lin Chuan naturally couldn't refuse.

He's now someone who's practically cheating, possessing a complete wasteland world. He's seen zombies and all sorts of things. Having a meal with the institute's leaders is nothing to him.

On the way to the restaurant, several professors inexplicably started asking questions about non-self-adjoint matrices again, and this time Professor Lu answered them for them.

Finally, the Department of Applied Mathematics asked the head of the department, "I'm a little curious, after researching non-self-adjoint matrices and publishing a Q2 paper, what has Lin Chuan been researching recently?"

Lu Zhiwei was about to reply that his student was currently taking classes in the Qiushi Class while also helping the School of Information Science with projects, and that the mathematical research was progressing steadily.

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Chuan said simply and directly, "The application of the Galerkin method in laminar flow."

"Galkyrie method?"

"Lin Chuan is doing research and analysis again?"

Several professors were puzzled. Lin Chuan's previous paper was about algebra, so why was he now going into analysis?

It's important to understand that mathematics has evolved to the point where different fields are like completely different worlds.

Apart from a few world-class mathematicians who can barely manage to study three or four fields simultaneously, many mathematicians can only delve deeply into one secondary field at most throughout their lives.

The mathematical genius is long gone.

and.

This is the Galyogin method!

It is a numerical analysis method proposed by the Oroqen mathematician Boris Grigorievich Galerkin, which can transform some complex equations into linear equation systems by constructing approximate solutions through the selection of basis functions.

This method is frequently used in finite element analysis of fluid mechanics and in solving dimensionless motion equations for shape memory alloy composite beam systems.

The most famous of these equations is called the Navier-Stokes equations, also known as the NS equations.

It was listed as one of the seven major predictions of the millennium.

Although Lin Chuan's research only focused on the application of the Galerkin method in laminar flow, and the knowledge involved was "only" calculus, linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, and functional analysis, it did not exceed the knowledge reserves of college students.

Yet this still allowed the professors to sense Lin Chuan's ambition.

Perhaps at some point, he will demand the Galerkin approximate solution to the Navier-Stokes equations!

Taking a deep breath, Director Ding asked, "Is Lin Chuan researching the Navier-Stokes equations?"

Lin Chuan smiled and shook his head. "How could that be? Students know their own limitations. There are still six of the seven millennium conjectures left. Let the professors handle these kinds of things. I just have some inspiration from reading recently and want to delve deeper into related areas."

"That's truly remarkable!" Director Ding exclaimed.

Lu Zhiwei raised an eyebrow, pulled Lin Chuan aside, and whispered, "Chuan, weren't you asking me about prime numbers just a couple of days ago? You were thinking of writing a paper on number theory to submit for a paper. Why are you switching to analysis now?"

Lu Zhiwei was extremely satisfied with the student he had "picked up" in the library.

But that's not how mathematical research is done.

The study of non-self-adjoint matrices belongs to algebra, while the study of prime numbers belongs to number theory.

Although they belong to different sub-disciplines, they still have commonalities.

Algebra provides a linguistic approach to building theoretical frameworks and general tools, while number theory raises fundamental questions about integers and arithmetic.

A professional number theorist must be proficient in a large amount of abstract algebra, and conversely, an algebraist often tests theories in number theory problems.

Lin Chuan's mathematical abilities are outstanding, but he is already struggling to study both algebra and number theory at the same time. Now, how come he has come up with Galerkin's method and even made a detour into the physics realm?

Lu Zhiwei was genuinely puzzled.

Lin Chuan nodded, then lowered his voice and said, "Yes, Director Lu, the paper I asked you about before has been published. It was submitted to the second-tier journal, 'Journal of Number Theory'."

The words were very simple.

After hearing this, Lu Zhiwei, holding Lin Chuan's hand, froze in the wind.

What do you mean?

In other words, Lu Zhiwei's student published a paper in a Q2 journal, submitted another paper to a Q2 journal, and now has to write another research paper on the Galerkin method?

That's incredibly fast.

As a result, even he, as the mentor, didn't know how much research his students had actually done.

Dean Zhang and the others didn't hear what Lin Chuan and Professor Lu talked about, but they heard Lin Chuan say that he was researching the application of the Galerkin method.

Perhaps another paper will be published soon.

Moreover, judging from Lin Chuan's demeanor, this paper is at least an SCI Q2 paper.

In less than two months, Lin Chuan was about to publish two mathematical papers.

It's worth noting that, on average, professors, associate professors, and young lecturers in the School of Mathematics might not publish a single paper per year.

Lin Chuan's speed is absolutely phenomenal!

In recent years, some people have said that academic research should not be solely focused on publishing papers.

Either prove some conjecture or develop a universal tool.

But these are things that only great mathematicians can do. If ordinary scholars don't read papers, how can they evaluate whether a person's scholarship is good or bad?