Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The so-called Fellowship is the full prize in the usual sense. Unlike scholarships, scholarships not only exempt award-winning students from tuition and accommodation fees, but also give award-winning students a certain amount of living expenses as personal expenses.

It is also for this reason that scholarships are particularly competitive in the application process and generally require, in addition to demanding paper-based results, a beautiful national school transcript, as well as letters of recommendation and study programmes for foreign applicants.

For different schools, even different individuals, the amount of the prize varies and even the payment method is divided into a lump sum payment on an annual basis or monthly, quarterly payments, etc.

The difficulty of applying for a full prize in Princeton is undoubtedly the most stringent of many colleges and universities in North America, especially at the doctoral level. But for a PhD student at the Cole Mathematics Awards level, there doesn't seem to be any problem.

After all, the Ark itself is qualified to write recommendations to others, not to mention that his mentor is an old man from Deligne.

Scholarships received by the Ark included tuition free accommodation, a free health insurance policy and a lump-sum bonus of $40,000.

After running a card at the bank next to Princeton University to cash out the Cole Prize cheque and the Princeton Scholarship cheque, the Ark looked at the number in the balance and was overwhelmed with emotion.

People spend a lot of money studying abroad. Instead of spending money studying abroad, they earn money.

This feeling is really subtle.

……

After finishing the scholarship and tuition fees, the ark was temporarily settled at Princeton University.

Undergraduates do have a heavy academic career here, but doctoral students are more relaxed if they are not pushed too tightly by their mentors.

Although Professor Deligne arranged for him to work as an assistant professor, the first lesson took place in April, one month away. The boat even smoked out for a few days and went to the nearby town to give the driver's license.

In addition to Gothenbach's assumption of this long-term research subject, his task at this stage is to learn about algebraic geometry, mainly under the guidance of Professor Deligne.

The Ark was delighted that the old man from Belgium had what he dreamed of - a manuscript of the late Mr. Grotendik's draft programme and a translation into three quarters of English by a French-speaking American doctoral student in mathematics.

Unlike the Bible "The Basics of Algebra Geometry (EGA)" in modern algebra geometry, since the Millennium Grotendic took back all copyright, the Draft Programme has been circulated only among some mathematicians, many of whose ideas, even today, have not been fully understood.

At the invitation of the late Mr. Grotendik, the Ark has not travelled to France in search of the patrimony of the Pope for modern algebraic geometry, on the one hand because it has no knowledge of French and, on the other, because it has not yet conducted an in-depth study of the work of Mr. Grotendik.

That manuscript of the draft Programme, together with an English translation, could be said to be of great help to the Ark. With Professor Deligne's personal pointer in Grotendic, many obscure things become much easier to understand.

Indeed, choosing a good mentor will save you a lot of time.

Apart from completing studies on algebraic geometry at Professor Deligne's fingertips, the Ark spent almost all its free time on Gothenbach speculation.

One sudden inspiration came, he didn't even go out for days, locked himself in a single room of 10 square meters, conceived how to improve the theoretical framework, and returned to the proposition of the Gothic conjecture, the "cluster method” that originated from the Gothic conjecture.

As a result, he had no idea that the closure was a week or even a lecture that should not have been missed.

For this reason, Professor Deligne called specifically to ask him what was going on.

However, after learning that the Ark was not surfing the neighborhood of New York or Philadelphia for a few days, but buried himself in a room and studied Goldbach's guess, Professor Deligne did not say anything about his absenteeism, but was silent for a while and said in a cautionary tone.

“Studying mathematical issues requires drilling, but specialization does not mean closed-door car construction. If you feel that your research is in a bottleneck, my suggestion is that you can temporarily set aside the problems you encounter, go out and play soccer, or watch a few movies… Inspiration requires you to look for it, not wait for inspiration to come to you. ”

Ark: “I will seriously consider your suggestion… by the way, can I take a leave? ”

Deligne: “How long? ”

The ship thought about it and said, "Two weeks. ”

Deligne: “You don't have to ask me, you're free to schedule your own time. But if there is still no progress on your topic within a year, I will arrange other research work for you. The golden age of mathematics is just a few decades away, and I'm not going to watch you waste a whole year on a dead end. ”

After that, the old professor hung up.

Dropping his phone, the ark laughed helplessly and turned to the ballpoint pen in his hand.

Is it only a year?

It seems that Professor Deligne, while not saying anything, is not quite as comfortable with the task as Molina thought.

But it also illustrates the old professor's interest in himself. If someone were to change his mind, perhaps even if he suddenly wanted to move to Hollywood to make a movie, the old gentleman would not react much.

“We can't hesitate here. We have to hurry.” He shook his head, and the ark picked up the pen he flied out of, and began to make calculations on the draft paper.

……

Though the mouth says it will be carefully considered, the habits that have developed over the years are not something that can be changed in a moment and a half.

Moreover, the Ark does not think that its habits are bad?

There are old classics in mathematics who think about problems when walking like Chen Jingrun, there are hermits like Perelmann who are so isolated that they would rather eat old than go away to win prizes, and there are "amateur boxers” like Kolmogorov who love to transport outdoors (the most famous was at the Soviet Academic Conference, because the debate just fisted their mentors...).

Ark felt that he was not an isolated researcher, and if necessary he would listen to peer talks to broaden his thinking and would be happy to stand on the podium and share his research success with his peers. But more often than not, he's used to closing doors and drilling alone.

Just a few more days later.

On Saturday morning, the sky outside the window was blurry.

When he fell asleep on the table on the ark, he moved some stiff arms and stretched a lazy waist behind his chair.

“Maybe I should hire a babysitter...”

I don't know how Silicon Valley's robotics are doing now.

If he could, he really wanted to customize a robot for Em, at least let this artificial retard do something other than check mail.

Like, electronic dogs that take delivery or something.

As for the complicated work, he didn't expect it to be that skilled.

While thinking about something unrealistic, the ark rubbed its sour brow and looked at a dozen pages of draft paper laid on the table. Several useless rubbing pieces were selected and thrown into a paper basket next to it.

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

Remove the bacon slices and fresh vegetables from the refrigerator, drain them after several courses of boiling water, drain them in salad sauce in two thick slices of bread, and tuck them together into the oven.

Unfortunately, frying dishes on the American side and occasional barbecue parties are usually outdoors. Although this single room has a kitchenette, it lacks a natural gas stove and hood, leaving him empty as a good cook, but without the use of martial arts.

Although the boat had also approached the condominium manager to ask if a hood and stove could be installed in the kitchen, it turned out to be looked at with surprise and refused without hesitation.

Imagine, it's a 90-plus year old building, and it's been home to a lot of famous scholars. Perhaps in a few decades, a great man will emerge from here, and the apartment will be transformed into a museum, just like Einstein's home, not far from here.

It would be a shame if this accidentally lost fire...

The ark can only be understood by the condominium manager.

Anyway, he mainly goes to the catering club to eat, and only when he's very busy or in the morning, does he deal with what's in the fridge.

After breakfast was resolved, the ark made itself a cup of coffee, standing next to the refrigerator slowly sipping, staring at the ticking clock and sorting out earlier thoughts.

At this point, he suddenly received a call from Brother Luo.

“Hey, didn't you say you were going to see the car with me today? I'm in front of the school, when are you going to leave... don't tell me you're not up yet? ”

Until then, the Ark realized that it seemed to have been closed for a little while.