I Am the President of the University

Merton College, Oxford University.

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The two universities in Oxbridge in the United Kingdom implement the academy system, which is different from the system in China and the United States.

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University colleges in China and the United States are more of a gathering place for professional students, such as science schools, business schools, and engineering schools. The college is generally not responsible for the students' clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and is mainly responsible for the teaching of the students.

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But Oxbridge is different, there are two systems.

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The first set is to divide different departments according to different majors. These departments are mainly responsible for daily scientific research and teaching; the other set is the college system, which is responsible for taking care of students’ diet, academic counseling and personal development, and has higher autonomy.

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Compared with universities, students have a more sense of belonging and identification with their colleges, especially those from Cambridge and Oxford, which are very good colleges.

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For example, there is a popular saying in Cambridge University: Cambridge University has two schools, one is trinity (the famous Trinity College) and (the other colleges).

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Merton College, founded in 1264, is one of the oldest colleges at Oxford University and the alma mater of Professor Andrew Wiles.

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After resigning from the chair of the mathematics department at Princeton University, Professor Wiles returned to his alma mater to teach as a professor of mathematics.

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Just finished a group meeting for his students and returned to the office, but was stopped by another professor and told him a very interesting news.

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"Oh, [x^3+y^3+z^3=33] has this problem been proven?" Wiles asked with a surprised expression, "Which mathematician did it? "

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This question is certainly not easy, but compared with Fermat's conjecture and Poincaré's conjecture, it is 108,000 miles away. Big cows like Wiles, Witten, and Faltings will not touch it, just like a Is the World Cup, one is the provincial competition.

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"It's a Chinese, his name is Lu Jia."

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"Lu Elbow?" Professor Wiles thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't think I'm impressed. Which university is the professor?"

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Seeing Wiles mentioning the word "professor", Professor Thomson laughed and said:

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"Professor Wiles, this Lu is not a professor, but an undergraduate student."

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Professor Wiles was stunned, "Undergraduate???"

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If a math professor can prove this question, it shows that the other party has a solid foundation and a good talent.

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It would be quite shocking if this object were changed from a professor of mathematics to an "undergraduate student of mathematics".

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This question seems simple, but it is not easy to prove it, even when Wiles was an undergraduate student, he might not be able to do it.

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Immediately, Professor Wiles became interested and asked Professor Thomson, "Which university is this student from?"

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Thomson knew that Professor Wiles was moved by his love for talents, but he said regretfully, "Professor Wiles, this student Lu will go to Princeton University."

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Hearing the name of Princeton, Wiles was rarely distracted for a moment.

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From 1982 as a professor of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, to 2005 as the dean of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, and then back to his alma mater to teach in 2011.

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29 years of teaching cannot be forgotten for a moment.

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After a long time, he showed a smile.

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"Princeton University is a very good school, and I hope that he can bring some changes to the mathematics community."

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Department of Mathematics, UCLA.

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[Proof of the integer solution of x^3+y^3+z^3=33] Once uploaded to the arxiv website, after an hour or two of silence, quite a few scholars have demonstrated it, and after confirming that it is correct, the news also start to spread.

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Tao Zhexuan only learned about it from his own student Yu Cang.

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Yu Cang is one of the three doctoral students he is taking now, an international student from Handong Province, China.

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"You mean this Lu Zhou is an undergraduate?" Tao Zhexuan asked curiously.

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"Yes, Princeton's Professor Edward said it on Twitter." Yu Cang explained.

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After hearing this, Tao Zhexuan understood that the other party had reached some agreements with Princeton University, and nine out of ten, he would go to Princeton to study for a Ph.D.

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"It's really amazing. I checked, and this Lu Zhou turned out to be a student from Guanghua University. I thought it was my younger brother from Peking University. It's a pity." Yu Cang said regretfully.

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After all, among domestic mathematics majors, they stand out from Peking University, and it is difficult for other schools to cause pressure.

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He never imagined that this Lu Zhou was actually from Guanghua University!

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"Guanghua University..." Tao Zhexuan muttered.

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He remembered that several good young scholars seemed to have gone to this school, such as Professor Xu Chenyang, who used to be in the mathematics department of MIT, and he had also communicated with them.

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Not to mention that the photonic screen developed by the other party has swept the world, and it is said that the optical core is also about to be launched.

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Seeing that the teacher had studied Guanghua University, Yu Cang answered in a self-sufficient way: "Teacher, this Guanghua University is a pheasant university."

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"Pheasant University?"

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Tao Zhexuan glared at Yu Cang, "Students from Yeji University can prove [x^3+y^3+z^3=33] this question, how can you?"

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"So you mean Peking University or even a pheasant university?"

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Yu Cang didn't expect that a casual remark would make the teacher angry, how dare he make more bbs, and said embarrassingly: "Teacher, that's not what I meant... I was wrong..."

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Tao Zhexuan ignored Yu Cang and smiled directly.

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"Yu, your dissertation seems to have been delayed for a long time, right? Since you are so busy, it seems that it is almost finished. In this way, submit your dissertation to me within a month."

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"Teacher, I was wrong..."

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The mathematics world is so big, and a question has attracted many bigwigs to notice Lu Zhou.

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And domestically,

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At this moment, it is almost 12 o'clock in the evening, and many people are ready to fall asleep.

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A news pop-up window suddenly appeared on the mobile phones of major brands.

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[NetEase News: The problem of x^3+y^3+z^3=33 that has plagued the mathematics community for decades has been proven, and the author is actually just an undergraduate student at Guanghua University! 】

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[UC News: The integer solution of x^3+y^3+z^3=33 has been calculated! Unexpectedly, the author's identity turned out to be...]

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[Northern Metropolis Daily: Lu Zhou, an undergraduate student of Guanghua University, released a preprint on arxiv, claiming to prove that x^3+y^3+z^3=33. The Fields Medal winner and famous British mathematician Professor Goles is pushing Special recognition and praise. 】

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The domestic math community was silent.

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The people were boiling.

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Several of the first reported media comments on Weibo have polarized word of mouth.

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[Yu Ling: Looking at the proof process here, he forced in with a confused look, and forced him out again with a confused face. 】

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[I'm not gay: Wait for a netizen who says "what's the use?" "I'm so idle". (funny face)]

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[First-level registered brick mover: only one set of solutions, UU reading www. uukanshu.com As a primary school graduate, I can calculate three sets of solutions without much effort. 】

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[Eternal God of Edinburgh: Calculated by an undergraduate student at Guanghua University? ? ? It's true, I don't believe it! gallery】

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[Bourgeois comprador: This is a pain in the ass. What's the use of calculating this? Can you make a chip? so boring! 】

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[Low-key Bumpman: To be honest, this thing has absolutely no meaning in real-life applications...]

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[Drinking coffee in Edinburgh: 1. If I say mathematics is the most useless subject, I might as well do more engineering. 】

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[Mental patient Lao Wang: Fortunately, the world is driven by these people, not the first few floors! 】

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[The ip address cannot be obtained: the graduate student of the Department of Mathematics will explain that this role in life can provide a good idea for applying asymmetric encryption and decryption to make communication more secure. 】

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There are all kinds of talents in the comments, including keyboard warriors, funny people, melon eaters, truth-seeking parties and trolls.

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As a graduate student of the Mathematics Department of Fudan University, Qian Chen looked at some sarcastic posts in the comment area, and was really angry and turned into a keyboard warrior and ended up in person.

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It is precisely because there are too many such people that basic disciplines in China are not valued!

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