The so-called fellowship is the full prize in the usual sense. Different from the scholarship (sholahip), the bursary not only exempts the tuition and accommodation fees of the award-winning students, but also gives the award-winning students a certain living expenses as personal consumption expenses.

It is precisely because of this that the bursary competition is particularly fierce in the application process. In addition to requiring higher paper grades, foreign applicants are also required to provide a beautiful domestic school transcript, as well as a recommendation letter and reading plan.

For different schools, even different individuals, the amount of the whole prize is different, and even the payment method is divided into one-year payment or monthly or quarterly payment.

The difficulty of applying for the full prize of Princeton is undoubtedly the most stringent of many universities in North America, especially the full prize of the doctoral stage. But for a doctoral student at the Cole Number Award level, there seems to be no problem.

After all, Lu Zhou himself, but qualified enough to write letters of recommendation to others, not to mention his mentor is the Deligne elderly.

Lu Zhou’s bursary includes the exemption from tuition fees, a free medical insurance, and a one-time payment of $40,000.

After the card was issued at the bank next to Princeton University, and the check of the Cole Prize and the check of the Princeton Scholarship were cashed out, Lu Zhou looked at the string of numbers in the balance and felt a sense of emotion.

Others spend a lot of money to study abroad, but they have not spent money on studying abroad, but they have made a fortune.

This feeling is really subtle.

......

After completing the bursary and tuition fees, Lu Zhou was temporarily settled at Princeton University.

For undergraduates, academics are really heavy, but for doctoral students, if they are not too urging by the tutor, they will be more relaxed.

Although Professor Delini arranged for him a teaching assistant, the first class was in April, and there is still one month left. Lu Zhou even took a few days to go out and went to the nearby town to give the driver's license.

In addition to Goldberg's conjecture, this long-term research topic, his current task is mainly to learn the knowledge of algebraic geometry under the guidance of Professor Delini.

What makes Lu Zhou ecstatic is that the old man from Belgium has the coveted thing. The original draft of the draft program of the late Mr. Grottendick and translated by a mathematics doctoral student who also studied French. To three-quarters of the English translation.

Unlike the algebraic geometry of the algebraic geometry (ega), since the millennium Grottendick has reclaimed all copyrights, the draft program has only been circulated among some mathematicians, many of which are No one can fully understand it until today.

Lu Zhou has never been to France to seek the legacy of the modern algebraic geometry pope at the invitation of the late Mr. Grottendick, on the one hand because of the ignorance of French, and on the other hand because of the old Mr. Grottendick The work has not yet been studied in depth.

The manuscript of the "Draft Program" plus the English translation, for Lu Zhou, can be said to be a big help. Coupled with the personal guidance of Professor Grothendik's High Delière, many things that are difficult to understand have become much easier.

Sure enough, choosing a good mentor can save a lot of time.

In addition to the teaching of algebraic geometry under the guidance of Professor Delini, Lu Zhou used almost all other free time in the Goldbach conjecture.

One time, the inspiration suddenly came. He didn’t even go out for a few days, and locked himself in a single room of ten square meters. The framework of how to think about night theory will originate from the “group structure” of Goldbach’s conjecture. Return to the proposition of Goldbach’s conjecture.

As a result, he did not expect that this retreat was a week and even missed a lecture that should not have been missed.

For this matter, Professor Deligne also made a special call to ask him what happened.

However, after learning that Lu Zhou was not in the next door of New York or Philadelphia, but after shutting himself in the room and studying the Goldbach conjecture, Professor Delini did not say anything about his absenteeism. What, just silence for a while, said in a warning voice.

"The study of mathematics needs to be studied, but professionalism does not mean closing the door. If you feel that your research is in a bottleneck, my suggestion is that you can temporarily put the problems you have encountered, go out to play a football, or watch a few Movies... Inspiration requires you to take the initiative to find, rather than waiting for inspiration to find you."

Lu Zhou: "I will seriously consider your suggestion... Yes, can I take a vacation?"

Deligne: "How long?"

Lu Zhou thought about it and said, "Two weeks."

Deligne: "There is no need to ask me, you can freely arrange your time. But if there is still no progress in your subject within one year, I will arrange other research work for you. The golden age of studying mathematics For decades, I won't watch you waste a whole year on a dead road."

After that, the old professor hung up.

Putting down the phone, Lu Zhou smiled helplessly and turned the ballpoint pen in his hand.

Is it only one year?

It seems that Professor Delini did not say anything, but in fact he was similar to Molina, and he was not optimistic that he could complete the task.

However, this also shows that the old professor cares about himself. If you change your personal, maybe even if you want to change your way to Hollywood to make a movie, this old gentleman may not have much reaction.

"You can't hesitate here, you have to hurry." Shaking his head, Lu Zhou picked up the pen that he had flew out and began to calculate on the draft paper.

......

Although it is said that it will be seriously considered, the habits that have been developed over the years can not be changed in a short while.

Moreover, Lu Zhou does not think that what is wrong with his habits?

In the mathematics world, Chen Jingrun’s old pedagogy, which is thinking about problems, has the kind of hermit that Perelman is so lonely that he would rather not go out to win the prize. There is also Kolmogorov’s love of outdoor transportation. "Amateur boxer" (the most famous one was at the Soviet academic conference, because the debate was only violently slamming his own mentor...).

Lu Zhou feels that he is not a lonely researcher. When necessary, he will also listen to his colleagues' lectures to broaden his ideas, and he will be happy to share his research success with his peers on the podium. But more often, he is still used to shutting down the door and studying alone.

It took a few more days.

On the early morning of Saturday, the sky outside the window was bright.

I don’t know when I was sleeping on the table, and I had some stiff arms, leaning against the back of the chair.

"Maybe I should have a babysitter..."

I don't know how the development of robotics in Silicon Valley is now.

If he can, he really thought about customizing a set of machines for Xiao Ai, so that this artificial mental retardation can be used to check the use of mail.

For example, will take the courier electronic dog or something.

As for too complicated work, he does not expect it to have that skill.

While thinking about something unrealistic, Lu Zhou licked his brows and looked at the dozens of pages of draft paper spread out on the table, and selected a few useless pieces to be thrown into the side. Paper basket.

Feeling a little hungry, he stood up and walked into the kitchen.

The bacon slices and fresh vegetables were taken from the refrigerator, drained after a few passes with boiling water, and the two pieces of thick bread were topped with salad dressing and stuffed into the oven.

It's a pity that the United States is not cooking here. Occasionally, a barbecue party is also outdoors. This single room, although equipped with a kitchen, has fewer natural gas stoves and range hoods, so that he has a good cooking experience. No use.

Although Lu Zhou also looked for an apartment manager and asked if he could install a range hood and stove in the kitchen, he was looked at with a strange look and refused without hesitation.

Think about it too, this is a building with more than 90 years of history, and there have been many famous scholars. Maybe a few more years from here, a great man, this apartment is just like the Einstein House not far from the neighborhood, and it becomes a museum.

If it is accidentally lost, it is a pity...

For the apartment manager's statement, Lu Zhou can only express understanding.

Anyway, he mainly went to the diet club to eat, but when he was particularly busy or in the morning, he would use the things in the refrigerator to cope.

After solving the breakfast, Lu Zhou made a cup of coffee for himself, standing next to the refrigerator and drinking slowly, staring at the clock that ticked and rotating to sort out the previous ideas.

Just then, he suddenly received a call from Brother Luo.

"Hey, aren't you saying that you want to go to see the car with me today? I am at the school gate, when are you going to leave... Don't tell me you haven't got up yet?"

Until then, Lu Zhou realized that he seemed to be retreating for a long time.