Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 158 - 94: Come to Yanbei after the New Year_2

If he was asked to visit at that time, it was probably just to chat privately, but coming over here to find him probably means today’s conversation is quite ordinary; after all, they couldn’t just chase away Captain Luo and Lan Jie, right?

"Academician Tian, Captain Luo, hello, Academician Tian, Captain Luo, please come in." Qiao Yu said politely.

Yesterday, Old Xue specifically explained that he is still a child, and it’s okay as long as he honestly stays true to himself.

Qiao Yu’s understanding of his true self is probably just a polite and well-mannered good kid in front of elders.

"Alright, sorry for the abrupt visit, I’m not disturbing your rest, am I?" Tian Yanzhen casually asked when entering the room.

"No, I usually only nap for half an hour, so I woke up early."

"Academician Tian, hello, I’m Qiao Yu’s Olympiad math coach at school, my name is Lan Jie. Please have a seat."

Lan Jie, standing in the room, hurriedly greeted Tian Yanzhen.

"Hello, well then, don’t just stand, have a seat, have a seat."

The room had only two stools set beside the table near the window, Tian Yanzhen and Captain Luo sat on the stools, while Qiao Yu and Lan Jie sat directly on the edge of the bed by the window.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Tian Yanzhen proactively asked, "Did you guess the reason I came specifically to see you today?"

"When Captain Luo mentioned you inquiring about me yesterday, I hadn’t guessed it yet, but after I gave Professor Xue a call, I figured it out." Qiao Yu said honestly.

"Xiao Xue is a good person, if he values you, it means you are quite good too. Today, I just came to chat with you casually; you don’t need to feel any mental burden, nor worry about saying the wrong thing," Tian Yanzhen said with a smile.

Qiao Yu responded easily, "Mm, yesterday Professor Xue told me the same thing, he said if I am fortunate enough to meet you, I just shouldn’t try to be overly clever, and be honest with myself. So I also don’t feel too nervous."

"Haha, this Xiao Xue... but you really don’t need to be overly clever; after all, in mathematics, little cleverness is of no use, we need profound wisdom," Tian Yanzhen smiled wryly.

In fact, when Qiao Yu said those words, he noticed that Captain Luo, next to Old Tian, furrowed his brows quite intensely, but seeing that Old Tian didn’t mind, Captain Luo’s eyebrows gradually relaxed again.

Of course, Qiao Yu didn’t care much about these subtle expressions.

Even though this big shot in front of him was indeed a good choice for him, it wasn’t the only choice.

Yesterday Old Xue also mentioned that Academician Tian is just one of the flag bearers of Huaxia’s mathematics circle, indicating there’s another one. Since his paper could gain this person’s appreciation, he believed that after it’s published, the other one wouldn’t completely ignore it either.

If neither worked out, Qiao Yu thought going to Yujiang University to join Old Xue wasn’t out of the question either.

Although Old Xue said he was incapable and couldn’t shoulder much responsibility, Old Xue’s tutor is impressive! A legitimate Fields Medal winner, at that time, finding a way to connect to the tutor’s tutor through Old Xue’s network was also a path, so Qiao Yu was really relaxed, not feeling nervous at all.

"I read the paper you prepared to submit to the Journal of Number Theory, it’s written very well. But I’m more curious about the story Xiao Xue told me. When you saw that equation on the forum, you really hadn’t systematically studied algebraic number theory at that time?"

After laughing, Tian Yanzhen asked seriously.

"Well, it’s not like I hadn’t systematically studied at all," Qiao Yu thought for a moment and replied, "Previously, I had read many scattered articles and watched videos, and during that time, Teacher Lan happened to give me a treasured copy of Algebra and Number Theory, which I almost finished reading."

"Oh? Which version of Algebra and Number Theory?" Tian Yanzhen inquired further.

"Written by Mr. Feng Keqin," Qiao Yu answered immediately.

The name left a deep impression, in fact, Qiao Yu now had a strong impression of all people with the surname Feng, even remembering Feng Stravsky in his mind...

Tian Yanzhen nodded, glanced at Lan Jie, who was sitting next to Qiao Yu with a somewhat awkward face, smiled, and asked, "So you watched some scattered videos online and a textbook on number theory, and solved that equation on your own?"

"Phew... it’s not as easy as it sounds. You don’t know, that period really frustrated me, I couldn’t find any method for that equation for three days, I truly doubted whether the equation had any integer solutions, and I even complained on the forum back then.

At that time, I didn’t know it was Professor Xue, he replied on the forum guaranteeing with his future mathematical career that there were integer solutions, while others were sarcastic, that really annoyed me back then!

But since they said there was a solution, I then analyzed it more carefully, found related articles and studied them closely, and later found that the equation was a smooth projective curve of genus 1, which is when I suddenly got inspiration.

I directly simplified the equation to a closed elliptic curve problem, finding the breakthrough, and then it was just about repeatedly doing calculations, aiming to find a point where all three values are positive integers.

Really, I spent a full ten days solving that equation. Besides studying according to a fixed routine in the morning, I used afternoons and evenings for solving it, sometimes staying up until two or three in the morning!"

Qiao Yu described vividly.

During that period, he indeed recalled very deeply, as it was probably the first time he devoted himself entirely to solve a mathematical problem.