Chapter 68: Double Cultivation of Objects and Numbers
"Particle physics is a very good direction. If you advance, you can go deeper into high-energy physics, and if you retreat, you can switch to condensed matter physics and applied physics."
"Wait for a while. There will be experiments and meetings 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 a research object.
Research in this area requires learners to master radiation detection technology and methods of using computers to obtain and analyze data online, or be able to use computers to conduct theoretical research.
Even if they don't achieve very high achievements, they will be quite practical in the future and they will belong to the country's backbone talents.
"In terms of physics, you choose particle physics as your learning goal at the university level, but what about mathematics?"
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhengping asked again.
When he followed Liu Gaojun to enroll students, in addition to the enrollment conditions put forward by Liu Gaojun, Xu Chuan also made a request.
That is the dual cultivation of matter and number.
This double major is not an ordinary major in mathematics and a minor in physics, or a major in physics and a minor in mathematics.
Instead, he majored in mathematics and physics at the same time.
Although many college students major in one course, minor in another major, or even take several other majors as electives.
But majoring in two courses at the same time, no one has ever done such a thing at NTU in the past.
On the one hand, NTU does not support double majors, and on the other hand, majors and minors are two completely different concepts.
A major is the major that a college student studies, and a minor is a course outside the major.
For an undergraduate, a major requires approximately 160 credits to graduate and obtain a diploma.
For a minor major, you can usually obtain a minor major certificate if you obtain more than 30 credits.
The difficulty of the two is not the same. The minor mainly takes up the evenings and weekends of the sophomore and junior years to exchange for a degree certificate that is not too valuable.
But there is a lot to learn as a major. In your freshman year alone, you will take a minimum number of core courses.
Therefore, the time occupied and the courses are completely different.
At the beginning, he and Liu Gaojun both advised Xu Chuan that if he was interested in mathematics, he could just choose a minor in mathematics.
It’s really difficult to double major, and it’s a double major in a big category like mathematics and physics.
But Xu Chuan insisted, and Liu Gaojun agreed after thinking about it.
Although double majors are rare in China, they are not uncommon abroad. More than 10% of graduate students in the United States choose double major courses.
Of course, when most people choose to double major, they usually major in two smaller categories within the same major category. There are almost no double majors like Xu Chuan's.
"As for mathematics, the areas of study during college are functional analysis and differential equations."
Xu Chuan replied that he was right in proposing the dual cultivation of physics and mathematics, but in fact the only subject he wanted to study was mathematics. At least in the early and middle stages of Xuehai’s career, graduate students only need to focus on mathematics during these stages. Just go up.
After mathematics reaches a certain level, you can start to push the development of physics in reverse and break through your own limits.
"A very good learning direction. Functional analysis and differential equations are applied in mathematical physical equations, probability theory, computational mathematics and other subjects. They are all mathematical tools for studying physical systems with infinite degrees of freedom." "It seems that you I have carefully thought about my future development.”
After hearing about Xu Chuan's mathematics learning area, Chen Zhengping nodded in approval.
At first, 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 imagined.
Functional analysis and differential equations have many applications in physics, and their scope of use is quite wide.
These two areas are in a complementary relationship with physics. Even if you are not majoring in physics, you cannot avoid being exposed to these two aspects of knowledge in the process of studying physics.
After a pause, Chen Zhengping continued: "Since you already have your own goals, I won't divide your learning goals for you."
"But I have high expectations for you. If you want to graduate from me and successfully get a diploma, in physics, you need at least a standard paper from District 1 as your graduation thesis."
"With your talent, if you focus on physics, you may be able to successfully graduate with a PhD in four or five years."
"As for mathematics, it would be good if the school conducts the assessment."
"But I can recommend a professor to you, Professor Zhou Hai from the School of Mathematics. He has his own unique insights into functional analysis. You can learn more from him."
Xu Chuan nodded and said: "I will visit Professor Zhou."
After completing the admission procedures, Xu Chuan returned to his dormitory.
The single dormitory at NTU was even better than he imagined, with apartment-style configuration, private bathroom, kitchen, refrigerator, washing machine and other full facilities.
This kind of treatment is already at the teacher level at NTU.
As for students, even doctoral students, dormitories are not for one person.
The treatment that the top pick + IMO + IPHO double gold medalist can enjoy is simply beyond imagination.
Xu Chuan was quite satisfied with his residence. Although the relationship with his roommates was quite harmonious in his previous life, there was no need to change to a four-person dormitory just to live with his roommates.
As the semester approaches, the campus of Nanjing University gradually becomes lively. There are freshmen who have reported in advance, and there are also old students who have not been home for the entire summer vacation.
Xu Chuan originally thought that he would be on the right track of study after he escaped Liu Gaojun's welcoming ceremony. Unexpectedly, he was eventually pulled onto the podium at the freshman opening ceremony to speak and share learning experiences 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 and said that it was a good time to expand the influence of the Department of Physics. After saying a lot, he could no longer refuse. .
In the gymnasium of Xianlin Campus, a large number of freshmen came here with full expectations, and pairs of excited eyes looked around with hope.
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, the freshmen representatives wore the school badge and presented the "Freshman Study Guide" to the new students. The young lady on the ceremonial stage once again took the picked up the microphone.
"Now, please give warm applause to welcome our freshman representative, Xu Chuan, a Grade 15 freshman from the School of Physics, to take the stage to speak and share his learning experience."
In the front row seat, Xu Chuan stood up and walked towards the ceremonial stage.
A buddy from the physics department next to him opened his eyes when he saw Xu Chuan getting up.
"Damn it, Sichuan God, who scored full marks in the college entrance examination and won double gold medals in material competitions, just sat next to me?"
(End of chapter)