Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 164 Mission Completed
After coming out of Wu Xiping's office, Chen Zhou went straight back to the dormitory.
Chen Zhou turned on the computer and opened the notepad sent by Wu Xiping. He began to browse and search in it.
The number of journals recorded by Wu Xiping is not many, less than two handfuls.
Moreover, Wu Xiping's main research area is mathematical analysis.
The journals he recorded were mostly journals for submissions in this field.
Chen Zhou's paper on Clifford analysis generally belongs to the field of complex functions.
But because he also penetrated into aspects such as partial differential equations and bounded domains, strictly speaking, this paper can be considered a comprehensive paper.
There are some inconsistencies between these journals and the ones Wu Xiping mainly submits his papers to.
Chen Zhou looked through the names of all the journals, and finally, he chose a journal called "Journal of Function Analysis" from Wu Xiping's notebook.
This is a journal that mainly publishes function analysis and its applications.
It is quite consistent with the nature of Chen Zhou's research paper.
As for the impact factor, Chen Zhou hopes that the system will not be too tricky and that the impact factor will not be considered too important.
After all, the impact factor is really not absolutely necessary.
Copying the website link on the notepad, Chen Zhou opened the official website of the journal.
The website interface is still very simple. Chen Zhou took a quick look and clicked on the submission channel.
The first use must start with registration.
Chen Zhou quickly completed the registration according to the information prompts on the website.
After successfully registering, Chen Zhou received an email to verify the registration information.
Afterwards, Chen Zhou successfully logged in and began to make some modifications to the submitted paper according to the requirements of the journal.
The paper was naturally written entirely in English, and Chen Zhou translated it word by word.
Some of the technical terms took him a long time to finalize.
Finally, after filling in all the information as required and preparing the paper, Chen Zhou uploaded the paper.
The paper status is [Submit], waiting to be received.
Chen Zhou took another look and closed the webpage.
Anyway, if there is news, the other party will send an email. Then just meet in the email.
Chen Zhou turned his head and glanced at the three brothers in the dormitory. Thinking that the Qiu Competition was about to begin, he asked, "Qi Qi, Lao Zhu, Lili, the Qiu Competition will start in a week. How are you all preparing?"
Zhao Qiqi answered first: "It's OK. I haven't played games for half a year. After signing up, I've been studying the outline and reference numbers for the Qiu competition, all for this debut!"
Zhu Mingli followed suit and said, "Like Qiqi, this is my first time participating in a competition after entering college. I have made sufficient preparations by referring to Qiu's competition outline and reference books. I hope this will be a good start for future competitions..."
After the registration for the Qiu Competition begins, some outlines and links to reference books will be posted on the official website, which gives a certain range.
Therefore, contestants will basically prepare for the competition according to the outline and reference books.
Although most of the reference books posted on the official website are in English, there is nothing we can do about it, because the QS Mathematics Competition itself is a test of knowledge and is not like traditional math competitions that overemphasize skills.
There will be many questions beyond the syllabus in Qiu Cong, and many of them are even based on the doctoral qualification examination questions of North American universities...
Therefore, preparation for the exam requires reading graduate-level mathematics textbooks.
When it comes to mathematics at the graduate level, there are far more choices of English textbooks than Chinese textbooks.
To put it bluntly, finding a good Chinese mathematics graduate textbook is as difficult as finding a good English Tang poetry appreciation textbook.
Therefore, Chen Zhou was very pleased to hear what Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli said. It seemed that these two people really didn't play games...
Chen Zhou praised: "That's great. Qiu's reference books are mostly in English. It seems that you two are really well prepared."
Zhao Qiqi smiled and said, "Haha, thank you Brother Chen for the compliment. The most important thing is participation, the most important thing is participation."
Zhu Mingli also said: "Me too, the most important thing is to participate, the most important thing is to participate."
Chen Zhou smiled softly, thinking that the two were just being modest, and asked, "Old Zhu, what are you talking about in the future competitions? What else did you participate in?"
Zhu Mingli explained: "There are also mathematical modeling and CMC that I plan to participate in in the second half of the year."
After a pause, Zhu Mingli asked, "Chen Zhou, are you ready to participate?"
Chen Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it later. Isn't it still early?"
Zhu Mingli nodded: "It doesn't matter whether you participate or not. These competitions don't mean much to you."
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Qiqi shook his finger and said, "No, no, no, you are wrong to say that. Who would complain about not having enough gold medals? Besides, if Brother Chen takes action, there will definitely be a gold medal. Anyway, I have only one goal for this Qiu competition."
Hearing this, Chen Zhou smiled and immediately asked Zhao Qiqi: "What is your goal?"
"I know." Zhu Mingli spoke before Zhao Qiqi could say anything, "The purpose of this Qiu competition is to focus on participation in the individual competition and not to lag behind in the team competition..."
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, and finally understood what these two people meant by "participation is the most important thing". It turned out that they were not being modest...
Zhao Qiqi glanced at Zhu Mingli, then reached out and patted him: "Old Zhu is indeed a wise man!"
Li Li, who had been silent the whole time, also said, "What they said is not wrong . If you perform normally, we basically have no chance of winning the gold medal in the individual competition. We can only think about the silver medal and the gold medal in the team competition."
Seeing that Li Li finally said this, Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli immediately walked up to Li Li and patted the former dormitory boss on the shoulder.
After doing this, Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli looked at each other again, and both saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
Chen Zhou worked his way up from the bottom of the dormitory, and each of them was surpassed by Chen Zhou and then left behind.
They have all gone through this exhausting process, from not believing, to desperately trying to catch up, to completely recognizing the gap.
Finally, Li Li joined Zhao Qiqi's team and he fully realized the gap.
Of course, this recognition does not mean giving up, but facing up to the gap and working harder to catch up.
Li Li also looked up at Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli, and the three of them immediately felt a sense of mutual appreciation.
Chen Zhou looked at the actions of the three people and couldn't help but smile. It's not good for you to be so affectionate in front of me, right?
"Ahem..." Chen Zhou coughed twice and said jokingly, "I think you three should stay together. Let's not plan social gatherings anymore. Let's leave the girls from the Physics Department to the Character Department, right?"
Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli: "Chen Zhou (Brother), how could you do this? This is wrong!"
Li Li: "No, no, no..."
Chen Zhou smiled at the three of them and said, "No, I think your passion is about to burst out, and I really can't bear it..."
Zhao Qiqi hurriedly said, "No, Brother Chen, I promise, I still like girls, there is absolutely nothing wrong with my orientation!"
Zhu Mingli also said: "I have no problem with that, even if you give me a dozen girls, that's fine with me!"
Li Li stood a little further away from Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli, and then said, " My actions represent my attitude!"
After a pause, Li Li added: "I don't need a dozen, that's too many, just give me one..."
"Huh..." After Li Li finished speaking, Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli raised their voices at the same time.
Chen Zhou also cooperated and said: "Don't disturb me, I want to be quiet..."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli laughed out loud upon hearing this.
Li Li's whole face turned red instantly.
Apart from studying, this was the first time in his life that he was teased because of a girl.
Of course, he also understood that this was a good-natured joke from Chen Zhou and the others.
Sure enough, Chen Zhou and the other two stopped laughing, and Zhao Qiqi said directly: "LI, I tell you, you need to be bolder. Don't always listen to Brother Chen's nonsense, sometimes mathematical methods, sometimes physical methods, that's useless. If you like someone, you should pursue them boldly. Girls like romance, giving flowers and so on, you know?"
Zhu Mingli agreed and said, "Qi Qi is right about this. Girls need to be coaxed. Chen Zhou's various methods are all learned and are not practical. You can give Li Jing small surprises every day, and then a big surprise at the weekend. I guarantee that you will catch up with her in a week."
Li Li listened to what the two said, thinking for a while, and then slowly asked: "Do you have girlfriends?"
Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli said in confusion: "No, don't you know that?"
Li Li said: "But Chen Zhou has it..."
Zhao Qiqi: “…”
Zhu Mingli: “…”
Chen Zhou: “Hahaha…”
Chen Zhou secretly gave Li Li a thumbs up. What he said was very accurate and could kill the enemy...
Looking at Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli, Chen Zhou was just about to make a few more jokes when the long-lost voice suddenly rang in his mind.
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned and listened to the system prompt in silence.
As the system prompt ended, Chen Zhou thought to himself: "This is the longest system task I've ever taken, right? I finally got it done...but am I not the one who submitted it?"
Chen Zhou turned around and reopened the webpage he had just closed. The status of the paper remained unchanged, still [Submit].
I refreshed it again, but there was no change, it was still [Submit].
Chen Zhou looked at the submission status on the webpage with some confusion, not understanding what was going on.
Doesn't the system assume that the submission is successful without waiting until the journal finally accepts the submission?
After thinking about it, Chen Zhou felt that this was the only explanation.
He was originally worried about the long review cycle. What if the system's "two-year deadline" expired and the research paper was not published?
Now, Chen Zhou’s doubts were completely dispelled.
Moreover, the system assumes that he has completed the submission, which means that this paper is sufficient for publication in this journal.
The manuscript will never be rejected unless there are some abnormal factors.
Chen Zhou really wanted to send an email to urge the editor of the journal to hurry up and publish his first paper as soon as possible so that everyone can see it...
But in the end, Chen Zhou held back. After all, as a newbie, it would be better not to rush the editor.
What if, by accident, the editor takes note of it and the review cycle is delayed? What should I do then?
After collecting his thoughts, Chen Zhou was in a good mood.
In order to prevent his behavior from being too abrupt and causing unnecessary disturbances, Chen Zhou suppressed the urge to immediately enter the system space to see what was going on.
Looking at Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli who were still unable to finish their words, Chen Zhou chuckled and said jokingly, "What Li Li said is very right. You guys should hurry up and find a girlfriend before you talk. There is no theory without practice..."
Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
Zhao Qiqi really felt that Chen Zhou had been misleading Li Li, but who could blame him for bringing his girlfriend to Yanda? There was no comparison, no comparison...
Zhu Mingli did not intend to dwell on this topic and returned to the topic that everyone was concerned about: "Chen Zhou, when are we going to have another social gathering?"
Chen Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we wait until the semi-finals of Qiu Competition? Anyway, the semi-finals only have a written test, which is equivalent to an audition. There is still about a month until the finals. What do you think?"
After registration for the Qiu competition, the first event to be conducted is the semi-finals. According to the differences in each region, multiple examination rooms are set up in the universities that serve as examination sites in each region, and students who have registered in this region can take the exam.
There is only a written test in the semi-finals, while the finals are interviews.
But one thing to note about the semi-finals is that the written test score for the team competition semi-finals is the total sum of the scores of each team member who is responsible for answering one subject.
There will be about a month between the semi-finals and the finals.
During this period, the written test scores of the semi-finals will be marked and counted, and then preparations will be made for the finals and award ceremony.
Zhu Mingli nodded: "Okay, it's just right for us to adjust the atmosphere of the competition."
Zhao Qiqi and Li Li had no objection either.
Chen Zhou sent another message to Yang Yiyi, asking for her opinion on the dormitory.
Yang Yiyi replied quickly, no problem.
The dormitory party was basically settled.
As the topic gradually came to an end, Chen Zhou and the other three sat down at their respective desks.
Chen Zhou quietly glanced at Zhao Qiqi and the other two who had returned to their books. He silently supported his chin with his hand, closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered the system space.
The display screen is currently showing the content of the system prompt just now.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. A tall building is built from the ground up, and the host's mathematical building starts with the first brick!"
"Completion status: The host selected one of the hot research issues in Clifford analysis, namely, studying the properties of various holomorphic functions under Euclidean and non-Euclidean metrics, as well as the properties of various integral operators related to holomorphic functions, and establishing a theoretical basis for solving complex partial differential equations from some functional properties of related operators. This research direction that permeates multiple branches of mathematics was selected as the topic."
"The host has independently completed the research on this topic and achieved quite outstanding research results. The paper on this research result has also been successfully submitted to the Journal of Functional Analysis. It is only a matter of time before it is published."
" Completion time: Because the journal review cycle in the host's current world time is too long, after the host submits the paper, the system will automatically evaluate the value of the paper and make a judgment on whether it can be passed. The review cycle will not be taken into account in the task time. This task took 4 months and 16 days to complete, which is far less than the two years required by the task!"
"Reward: Based on the value of the host's final thesis and the impact factor of the journal in which it is published, a comprehensive consideration will be made, and 50,000 natural science experience points will be awarded."
"The mission has been refreshed. Please claim the new mission yourself."
