Chapter 316 The First Class After Becoming a Professor

After studying Sarot's data for a long time, Lu Zhou did not calculate anything valuable from the limited data. Considering that the samples will not be delivered in a few days, he intends to think about this issue at that time.

As for now, he has another matter to attend to.

That is preparing lessons.

In contrast, being a professor is his real job...

time flies.

As Wednesday approached, Lu Shen's first number theory class at Princeton finally began.

Five minutes before the start of class, the classroom was full, and even the corridor outside was quiet.

Not everyone has taken the number theory course, and many students who have not signed up for this course are also sitting here with their backpacks.

This stage seems to be born for him. From the first time he stood in the lecture hall of Princeton, he has left an extraordinary legend on this campus.

Even now, that silent report meeting is still talked about by the brothers and sisters who have been promoted to the graduate school.

For this great god who solved a series of prime number problems from the twin prime number conjecture to the Goldbach conjecture, and now stands here again as a professor, everyone is very curious about what kind of number theory class he will bring to them...

In order to live up to this expectation, Lu Zhou made sufficient preparations before class.

He even changed into a formal suit and a tie before coming to the classroom in order to look like a professor and not be mistaken for a student.

In fact, to make a fair evaluation, Lu Zhou's own conditions are quite good, excluding the part that is exaggerated by his good self-feeling. In addition, tidying up a little bit adds a lot to the appearance.

When he walked into the classroom, many girls in the classroom looked at him with obvious interest.

Just as a young female teacher attracts the attention of boys, so does a young and handsome male teacher attract girls.

Vera, who was sitting in the back corner of the classroom, was blushing and quietly covered her cheeks with a book to conceal her unnatural changes.

However, no one noticed her small movements, and even if they did, they probably wouldn't care. After all, few people would associate this petite girl with the status of a master's degree and a teaching assistant. Freshmen are kind of like that.

Standing on the podium, looking back at the expectant eyes of the audience, Lu Zhou smiled friendly.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Lu Zhou, and I come from Jiangling, Huaguo."

After writing this line on the blackboard, looking back at the students in the classroom, Lu Zhou continued in a relaxed tone, "Because it is our first meeting, in order to deepen our understanding between each other, you can Ask me three questions."

Perhaps because they didn't expect the legendary God Lu to be so approachable, the students in the classroom suddenly became excited.

A dark-skinned male student with glasses raised his right hand.

"Professor, can I ask any questions?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Yes."

The student wearing glasses continued to ask: "Excuse me, is that Lu Zhou who published a chemical paper in "Nature" the same person as you?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "If you're referring to the paper on the modified PDMS film, it was indeed written by me."

There was an exclamation in the classroom.

Although such rumors have been heard before, not many people take them seriously.

After all, it is not uncommon to have the same name and surname in English-speaking countries. Especially in the United States, many "lazy fathers" who don't know how to name themselves even give their names to their sons directly.

Scholars who are proficient in mathematics and physics at the same time are not uncommon, but scholars who are proficient in mathematics and chemistry at the same time are indeed too rare.

Hearing the confession from himself now undoubtedly puts all the rumors to rest.

Not only that, the things heard in the rumors are far less shocking than the ones I personally admit...

Sitting next to the student wearing glasses, a white girl with shawl and long hair couldn't help but wonder.

"In other words, the patent fee..."

Lu Zhou coughed lightly, and made a statement: "I won't answer questions about privacy, even if you ask, it's just a waste of an opportunity."

An Asian student cleverly changed the question: "Then may I ask, what was the first thing you bought with patent fees?"

Many people looked at Lu Zhou expectantly, waiting for his answer.

However, Lu Zhou's answer obviously did not respond to their imagination.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke.

"Strictly speaking, it is probably a research institute. In order to improve the theory of computational materials science, I need experimental data as support."

Hearing what Lu Zhou said, an unbelievable voice suddenly came to mind in the classroom.

A little fat man sitting by the window in the classroom complained in a low voice: "It turned out to be a laboratory? If it were me, I would definitely buy a Porsche."

Some joked maliciously: "I guess the professor must be lying to us. If it were me, I would definitely rent a villa with a sea view for ten days, and call a dozen chicks..."

"Oh, Monroe, you have such a dirty mind! I'm afraid that's why you can't find a girlfriend."

"..."

Looking at the classroom full of discussions, Lu Zhou clapped his hands and said: "Okay, so much nonsense, let's start the class, turn the book to the introduction, although I know you have already previewed this part, but I Today I still have to start from this place..."

A student raised his hand and said, "Professor, is there a question you haven't asked yet?"

"Let's talk about it after class. I'm very disappointed by the two questions you asked," Lu Zhou said mercilessly, "Now, let's start class."

Of course, the disappointment was only for those boring questions they asked before class.

In fact, after the class started, Lu Zhou was quite surprised by the performance of these students.

It is indeed a place where the world's most talented minds gather, and Princeton students have left a deep impression on him. Moreover, what impressed Lu Zhou in particular was not their talent, but their concentration, and the in-depth knowledge points of the pre-class preview.

They can quickly absorb every knowledge point he talked about, and draw inferences on this basis.

Although he didn't deliberately speed up the pace of the lecture, after half an hour passed, he still turned over thirty pages of the book smoothly, and no one was left behind.

At least he didn't feel it.

While teaching his theories to these students, Lu Zhou was also quietly learning from them.

These experiences may not be of much use to him, but he believes that one day these valuable experiences will come in handy.

In this focused atmosphere, the class gradually came to an end.

After closing the book, Lu Zhou simply assigned homework and then announced that the get out of class was over.

When he announced the end, there was warm applause in the classroom.

Lu Zhou also nodded to his students with a smile, and walked outside the classroom.

Just as he walked through the corridor and was about to go downstairs, Professor Fefferman appeared out of nowhere, came over to greet him, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are very popular with students." Welcome, how do you feel?"

Professor Fefferman is the dean of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University. Although he is a Fields Medal winner, he is humble, so he has a good relationship with many people, including Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou said with a smile: "It feels very good. The students here are all outstanding. As their professor, I personally feel very fulfilled. In addition, occasionally thinking about some basic issues is also beneficial to myself. "

Fefferman was slightly surprised by Lu Zhou's statement, and then said with a smile: "I'm glad you think so, and I hope this job can inspire your research."

Lu Zhou said happily: "I will definitely."

...

In the office, Vera was sitting upright in her seat, carefully sorting out the class records.

Seeing Lu Zhou walking in, she raised her head and immediately stopped the pen in her hand, and trotted up to meet her with her notebook in her arms.

Seeing Vera coming up, Lu Zhou asked in a relaxed tone, "How do you feel?"

Vera's expression was a bit troubled: "It feels difficult... Teaching and research are completely different things."

"You are right, but the two can often be organically combined." Lu Zhou took the note from her hand, glanced at it, and nodded with satisfaction, "It seems that your understanding is good, next class I'll leave the lesson to you."

"Next class?" Vera whispered with a slightly flustered expression, "But... I'm not ready yet."

"You have a week to prepare, it's not too difficult for you," Lu Zhou returned the notebook to Vera, and Lu Zhou gave her an encouraging look, "I believe you can do it."

Gradually mustering up her courage, Vera took a deep breath and said energetically, "I will do my best!"

"Well, come on."

After encouraging the little girl, Lu Zhou went back to his desk and sat down, turned on the computer and checked the mailbox.

Just saw that there was an unread email lying in the inbox.

The sender was the mailroom of Frick Labs.

Sarot's package seems to have arrived...