Great Country Academician

"Particle physics is a very good direction. Advance to high-energy physics, and retreat to condensed matter physics and applied physics."

"After a while, there will be an experiment and meeting at the European Atomic Energy Laboratory. I will take you there to experience it."

Chen Zhengping is very supportive of Xu Chuan's choice of particle physics as the research object.

Research in this area requires learners to master ray detection technology and methods of using computers to obtain and analyze data online, or to use computers to conduct theoretical research.

Even if they don't make too high achievements, they will be quite practical in the future, and they belong to the backbone talents of the country.

"On the physics side, you choose particle physics as your learning goal at the university level. What about the mathematics side?"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhengping asked again.

When he followed Liu Gaojun to recruit students, Xu Chuan also made a request in addition to the admission conditions Liu Gaojun put forward.

That is the double cultivation of matter and number.

This double major is not an ordinary major in mathematics and minor in physics, or major in physics and minor in mathematics.

Instead, major in Mathematical Physics at the same time.

Although many college students will major in one course, minor in another major, and even choose several other majors.

But majoring in two courses at the same time, no one has done such a thing in Nantah University in the past.

On the one hand, Nantah University does not support double majors, and on the other hand, it is because majoring and minoring are two completely different concepts.

The major is the major studied by a college student, and the minor is a course other than the major.

For an undergraduate student, the major usually requires about 160 credits to graduate and obtain a diploma.

Minor majors usually earn more than 30 credits to obtain a minor professional certificate.

The difficulty of the two is not the same thing, and the minor mainly takes up the nights and weekends of the sophomore and junior year to exchange for a degree certificate that does not have too much gold content.

But there are many things to learn as a major. In the freshman year alone, you will learn a minimum of core courses.

Therefore, the time taken and the course are not the same at all.

At the beginning, both he and Liu Gaojun persuaded Xu Chuan that if he is interested in mathematics, he can choose a minor in mathematics.

Double majoring, but also a double majoring in such a large category as mathematics and physics, is really too difficult.

But Xu Chuan insisted, and Liu Gaojun agreed after thinking about it.

Although there are few double majors in China, they are not unavailable abroad. More than 10% of graduate students in the United States will choose double majors.

Of course, when most people choose double majors, they are also majoring in two sub-categories in the same major category. There are almost no double majors in two categories like Xu Chuan.

"In terms of mathematics, the study areas during college are functional analysis and differential equations."

Xu Chuan replied that it is true that he proposed the double cultivation of matter and number, but in fact, what he wants to study is mathematics. At least in the early and middle stages of Xuehai's career, graduate students only need to focus on mathematics. Just go up.

After mathematics reaches a certain level, you can start to reverse the development of physics and break through your own limits.

"Very good learning direction. Functional analysis and differential equations are applied in mathematical physics equations, probability theory, computational mathematics and other sub-disciplines. They are all mathematical tools for studying physical systems with infinite degrees of freedom."

"It seems that you have carefully thought about your future development."

After hearing about Xu Chuan's mathematics learning area, Chen Zhengping nodded in approval.

At the beginning, he was a little worried that Xu Chuan would choose pure mathematics such as algebra and geometry as the object of study and research. Now it seems that he is more mature than he imagined.

Functional analysis and differential equations have many applications in physics, and the scope of use is quite wide.

These two aspects and physics belong to a complementary relationship. Even if you don't major in it, you can't avoid the knowledge of these two aspects in the process of studying physics.

After a pause, Chen Zhengping continued: "Since you already have your own goals, then I won't divide your learning goals for you."

"However, I have high expectations for you. If you want to graduate from me and successfully get a diploma, in physics, you need at least one standard paper from the first district as your graduation thesis."

"With your talent, if you focus on physics, you may be able to successfully graduate with a Ph.D. in four or five years."

"As for the mathematics part, it is fine for the school to evaluate it."

"However, I can recommend a professor to you, Professor Zhou Hai from the School of Mathematics. He has his own unique insights in functional analysis. You can learn more from him."

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "I will visit Professor Zhou."

After the admission procedures were completed, Xu Chuan returned to his dormitory.

The single dormitory in NTU is better than he imagined, with apartment-style configuration, private bathroom, kitchen, refrigerator, washing machine and other complete facilities.

This kind of treatment is already at the teacher level in Nantah University.

As for students, even doctoral students, dormitories are not single.

The treatment that the winner of the full score champion + IMO + IPHO double gold medal can enjoy is simply beyond imagination.

Xu Chuan is quite satisfied with his residence. Although the relationship with his roommates in his previous life was quite harmonious, there is no need to change to a four-person dormitory just to live with his roommates.

With the start of the term approaching, the campus of Nantah University gradually became lively. There were freshmen who reported in advance, and some old students who did not go home for the whole summer vacation.

Xu Chuan thought that he would be on the right track of study after escaping Liu Gaojun’s welcoming ceremony, but he was dragged to the podium at the freshman opening ceremony to give a speech and share learning experience as a representative of the 2015 undergraduate freshmen.

He was not interested in this kind of speech. After rejecting it twice, the dean of the School of Physics came to him personally, saying that it was a good time to expand the influence of the Department of Physics. After talking a lot, he couldn't refuse anymore. up.

In the gymnasium of Xianlin Campus, the freshmen came here with full of expectations, looking around with excited eyes and hopeful eyes.

After a series of activities such as the principal's speech, academician's speech, school leaders, guests, academicians and senior liberal arts professors sitting on the rostrum wearing school badges for freshmen representatives, and presenting "Freshmen's Study Guide" and other activities, the young lady on the etiquette platform took over again. microphone.

"Now, please welcome our freshman representative, Xu Chuan, a 15th grade freshman from the School of Physics, to speak on stage and share his learning experience with warm applause."

In the seat in the front row, Xu Chuan stood up and walked towards the ceremonial stage.

A buddy who was sitting next to him from the physics department widened his eyes when he saw Xu Chuan get up.

"Damn it, Chuan Shen, who got full marks in the college entrance examination + double gold in material competition and number competition, was sitting next to me just now?"