Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 247 - 111 This is the Adult World_3

Qiao Yu immediately seized the opportunity and said, "Thank you, Grandpa, I’ll take a look at the paper here today. Oh, you don’t know, my advisor doesn’t play fair, he’s starting to assign me research tasks."

"Oh, what kind of tasks?" the elderly man asked further.

Qiao Yu replied loudly, "I originally wanted to choose the Riemann Conjecture, but my advisor vetoed it. He asked me to first study the random prime number generation model and explore its effectiveness in predicting prime number distribution. Sigh..."

As expected, that one sentence infuriated the old man.

"Nonsense! The Riemann Conjecture? It’s not that you’re unqualified to try, but how far have you even gotten to dare think about the Riemann Conjecture? Do you think you can tackle it all by yourself? Analytic number theory, algebraic number theory, complex analysis, Fourier analysis, functional analysis, probability and stochastic processes, spectral geometry...

When you’ve supplemented all these foundational mathematics knowledge—not even supplementing, you need to master them thoroughly—then you’re qualified to think about it! Let alone large grand topics like this; do you still think they can be tackled by individual efforts? Don’t be naive!

I’m telling you, research on the Riemann Conjecture and problems like the N-S equations now require large team collaborations! As far as I know, there are currently three large research teams worldwide trying to tackle this problem.

Mathematics now isn’t what it used to be decades ago. Recent studies about the Riemann Conjecture even involve mathematical physics, examining the connections between quantum systems and classical chaos systems to reassess and understand the zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function.

Not to mention the development of computational mathematics. You need numerical analysis and computational tools to verify your results, right? Just like your paper this time! Studying the Riemann Conjecture also requires high-precision computation to confirm that primes are on the critical line!

Your advisor did the right thing by not letting you be reckless and waste time! You must listen to him! Start small, and if you’re truly interested in primes, the topic he chose for you isn’t bad. Once you find the breakthrough point, as you grow, you can lead a team to work on this topic in the future. novelbuddy.cσ๓

Be pragmatic, always be pragmatic! Don’t think you can be invincible just because you’ve achieved a little! Compared to those great mathematicians in the world, you’re still far off; your only advantage is youth, understood?"

After being lectured by the elderly man, Qiao Yu wasn’t in the least bit annoyed, as it was something he had anticipated.

If you want to play the savior, you have to endure a little grievance.

Especially considering that Qiao Yu thought his words had a pretty good effect.

Didn’t you hear the old man just affirming Director Tian was right? If it were before, he probably couldn’t even think of it, right?

Wanting to change some deeply entrenched concepts and ideas, don’t you have to rely on the perseverance of water drops wearing away a stone, slowly grinding them away?

So Qiao Yu immediately conceded and sincerely replied, "Oh, you’re right, I’ll change, I’ll seriously study the random prime model first."

The elderly man’s tone softened and he said, "Don’t think this topic is simple. It’s a very challenging open mathematical problem, and its difficulty depends on the specific goals you set for yourself, the technical depth, and whether you can meet the expected results.

Furthermore, this topic combines number theory, probability theory, stochastic processes, statistics, and computing. Tian Yanzhen chose this topic wisely, as it provides targeted learning for you and ultimately uses your results to test the quality of your learning.

When building similar models, you need to consider many things, like time complexity, randomness, and quality. During this process, you’ll come across various methodologies from predecessors studying the Riemann Conjecture, like the Sieve of Eratosthenes, the Pseudo-primes Equation, random matrix theory, etc.

If you can achieve valuable results, they will not only have immense application value in cryptography and quantum computing but will also inevitably elevate your foundational knowledge significantly, laying the groundwork for you to truly tackle the Riemann Conjecture in the future."

Qiao Yu said seriously, "Understood, no worries, Grandpa, I’ll treat this topic as a very important project! It’s still the same old words, I absolutely won’t let you and Director Tian down!"

"Alright then, you go ahead and read the paper, I’ll take a look at your Senior Brother’s paper first."

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

...

The scene was very harmonious, with the grandparent and grandchild each sitting at a large and small desk, both looking at a paper.

But the younger one clearly looked more attentive, while the elder, after glancing at the paper and frowning, would occasionally look at the younger one, exhibiting a carelessly serious demeanor. Sometimes he couldn’t hold his patience, quickly flipped through a few pages, and then turned to look at the younger one again.

It seemed he was afraid the little guy beside him would catch him not seriously reading the paper. Just like that, the elderly man finished reading Brother Chen’s thick tens of pages of paper in less than two hours, slightly shook his head, took a look at Qiao Yu still seriously reading the paper, and simply put the paper aside, grabbing another document on the other side of the desk to begin reviewing.

Until Qiao Yu was almost done reading a paper, turning to look at the elder, Yuan Zhengxin finally put down his pen, sighed, and said, "Have you finished reading your paper?"

"Yeah, I’m done. Did you read Senior Brother’s paper?"

"I did, your Senior Brother’s basic skills are very solid, does he have any intentions?"

"Senior Brother Chen just wants to graduate."

"Hehe..." the elder chuckled and said, "You know... if he just wanted to graduate, he wouldn’t need to show me this paper, he could have graduated already."