Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 215 - 106 He’s Really Good at...

To be honest, Qiao Yu found Old Xue’s words a bit inexplicable before he left. Of course, he would make it big! It’s only a matter of time.

Furthermore, isn’t what he’s doing considered base operations?

Both his mentor and grandmaster are big shots. Anyone would probably grasp both opportunities firmly, right?

This is how it’s taught in moral and legal studies books, so he’s just applying things flexibly.

After saying goodbye to Old Xue, Qiao Yu shifted his focus away from these trivial matters and seriously started reading Peter Schultz’s second paper.

On one hand, this was where his interest lay; on the other hand, Qiao Yu knew clearly that his ability to bond with these mathematics big shots was because of his insight in mathematics. Not using it would be a waste. More importantly, even though what Professor Zhang said was true, he was still not very convinced.

It was similar to when he was ridiculed on the small house forum; he was determined to solve the problem.

Don’t be fooled by how shameless Qiao Yu can be when coaxing others; deep down, he has always been extremely proud. Not just in academic research, even back in the day when playing games at internet cafes, he wouldn’t allow anyone to outshine him.

In short, if he said he would solve a problem, he was determined to do it beautifully. Besides that competitive spirit, Qiao Yu had a feeling that his direction was definitely right—it’s just that he hadn’t figured out some details yet.

He planned to first thoroughly study the theoretical framework of Peter Schultz’s paper during this period, then think through the problem, and solve it beautifully, giving Professor Zhang a small shock from the Qiao Family!

Along the way, he could also give Mr. Tian and his grandmaster a little sweetness...

Think about it, if Mr. Tian and his grandmaster became convinced that the future of their sect depended on him, wouldn’t his position be secure?

Qiao Yu had long realized that, from the good guy to Old Xue, and then to Director Tian and his grandmaster, what they valued most was his problem-solving ability. Especially recalling how, back in Class Thirteen, he casually solved a final problem on an exam paper, making the math teacher of Class Thirteen smile like a child, he was full of motivation.

If he could make Director Tian and the grandmaster across the room smile like children, wouldn’t that be a great merit?

...

He didn’t stay up too late reading the paper at night. By half-past ten, having read about half of it, Qiao Yu went to bed.

Professor Robert had shown him goodwill, so naturally Qiao Yu had to return the favor. It wouldn’t do to appear listless at the lecture tomorrow.

And to be honest, Qiao Yu thought this professor indeed had some skill.

Many mathematical techniques mentioned in the lecture were things he had seen before, but the professor’s methods were so ingenious that Qiao Yu found them refreshing.

For instance, the point-counting formula of Grothendieck; he had come across and used it online when previously thinking about how to solve Old Xue’s Diophantine equation.

But Professor Robert’s team came up with a new trick: first constructing effective divisors, analyzing the distribution of zeros and poles, and finally using the point-counting formula to approximate the upper bound of rational points—something Qiao Yu hadn’t thought of before.

In short, such high-level lectures are quite useful to attend.

Especially since Professor Robert was quite confident and proud about today’s lecture yesterday, maybe there would be some methods he could borrow?

Old Luo is a good man; he could cite some of this professor’s results in his solution paper.

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There wasn’t much to say about the next morning.

Old Xue accompanied him to the lecture as expected, and Director Tian indeed did not come today.

But it was obvious that Professor Robert’s lecture today was more enthusiastic, and he specifically reserved twenty minutes for free discussion time.

Called a free discussion, but the professor didn’t interact much with others, only answering two questions at most, then began continuously interacting with Academician Tian’s closed-door disciple in the front row.

The professors and doctoral students who weren’t invited to Qiao Yu’s seminar yesterday afternoon, naturally didn’t know the real reason. They just assumed that perhaps Tian Yanzhen had told Professor Robert something, hence this scene.

To be honest, not everyone could look past it.

After all, when resources are distributed this way for the students of big shots, it would understandably make some people uncomfortable.

Many were even waiting to see Qiao Yu make a fool of himself, but unfortunately, Qiao Yu handled it well, managing a back-and-forth discussion with Professor Robert.

Well, it could only be said that this kid indeed had some brains.

After the lecture, Professor Robert left satisfied after a few more words with Qiao Yu.

Xue Song planned to take Qiao Yu to the library first, borrow a few books from the reading list compiled by the mentor, and then go directly to eat.

As soon as they stepped out of the small building, walking in the garden of the research center, Qiao Yu took out his phone and seemed busy with something, slowly following him from behind, which made Xue Song quite impatient, so he said: "Don’t play with your phone while walking; it’s neither safe nor likable."

"I’m not playing with my phone," Qiao Yu looked up at Xue Song and explained: "I’m reporting today’s insights from Professor Robert’s lecture to my mentor and grandmaster on WeChat. I’m almost done writing; I’ll send a copy to Director Tian first, then copy it again, change the salutation, and send it to my grandmaster."

Xue Song paused, then stopped walking, and said: "Then just stand there and finish writing your insights first."