Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 229 - 108: The Future Qiao Yu-Qiao Xi’s Upper Bound Theorem!_3

The immediate effect is the phone vibrating twice every now and then.

Qiao Yu, tired of being disturbed, finally picked up his phone, quickly skimmed through the hysterical messages from Yu Yongjun, and sent an angry emoji to the group.

"Boss, you finally showed up!"

"I’m busy! I need to study! I also need to do research!" Qiao Yu sent a serious emoji wearing sunglasses.

"No, boss, you can’t just focus on studying and forget that you also have a life! And us! If you keep immersing yourself in the ocean of knowledge, arming your mind with culture, over time, what else will you have besides that bit of knowledge!"

It had been months since they’d last met, and this guy was still as... shameless as ever, leaving people flabbergasted.

But, wouldn’t you know it, it’s actually quite effective...

Even though Qiao Yu felt these days were very fulfilling, that sentence from the guy suddenly made life feel a bit empty.

Yeah!

This period of time, focusing solely on studying, he actually forgot that life also needs some simpler and purer pleasures. Especially when he’s been constantly hit by academic topics, he forgot that he’s also capable of overwhelming others with his academic prowess!

Indeed, most of the time now he is self-studying, even the joy of outdoing classmates has been temporarily stripped away.

What’s most annoying is that looking around, he found there were temporarily no rivals, only friends.

His senior brothers, whenever they see him, treat him with great care, and as for peers... hmm, it seems like he never really had any peers around him. So the feeling of dissatisfaction crept in, and the next moment Qiao Yu started typing furiously.

"Don’t worry, I’m researching a very important mathematics problem. Do you know about Schulz’s theory of quasi-complete spaces and the estimation problem of rational points on curves? Oh, you surely don’t understand, but that’s alright. You just need to know that combining these two forms my recent research topic.

By the time everyone goes to participate in the IMO, this topic will probably be conquered by me. By then you will see that I not only gained knowledge but also admiration in the mathematics community, as well as rewards from teachers.

By the way, I might also harvest tons of envy, jealousy, and hatred... Ah, thinking about it, I indeed feel a bit jealous of you two. Your days are more fulfilling than mine, without experiencing the loneliness of being in a high position, but maybe this is the fate of a genius."

Yu Yongjun: "!!!"

Chu Buzhi: "???"

Indeed, Yu Yongjun had sent nearly a hundred messages in the group, yet couldn’t bring Yu Wei out, but one message from Qiao Yu directly blew Yu Wei out.

It showed that this guy has been lurking the whole time, just unwilling to speak, still as haughty as ever.

Qiao Yu suddenly felt a bit sorry for Yu Wei because he suddenly thought of Senior Brother Chen. In the profession of mathematics, if one doesn’t have enough talent, it seems the longer you persist, the bigger the blows you suffer.

"Hey? Yu Wei, you popped out again, I thought you had already given up on mathematics. Although discussing intelligence is a serious topic, have you ever considered the possibility that maybe not scoring full marks on the CMO indicates you’re not very suited for studying mathematics? (Serious face)"

Before Yu Wei could reply, Yu Yongjun popped out first: "Bro, your blowout range is a bit broad, it even hit your most loyal little brother."

Qiao Yu immediately replied: "It’s alright, you can study computational mathematics in the future, I’ve checked it out for you, it’s absurdly simple. If you know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, you can handle it. But Yu Wei is different, he’s definitely the kind who wants to dabble in algebraic geometry, you don’t believe it, you can ask him, but given his intelligence, it might not be sufficient to study this field.

Oh, by the way, Yu Wei, don’t overthink, I’m not saying you’re dumb, actually, you’re quite smart, as smart as a doctoral senior brother of mine. But this field requires more than just being smart, the IQ requirement is higher than just being clever. For example, your IQ is 160, already exceeding normal people by far, but this field requires an IQ of 200, got it?"

After sending this message, to prove his sincerity, Qiao Yu also sent a serious face emoji to the group.

What can I say, at least it’s a group of friends, Qiao Yu really can’t bear to watch a wealthy second-generation brother, not considering going home to inherit billion-dollar assets, but choosing to jump into the pit of mathematics.

However, come to think of it, these days he heard senior brothers talking about the lives of many awesome mathematicians, most of them indeed were wealthy second-generations, with family mines and no shortage of money.

After all, getting into basic and theoretical mathematics research indeed possibly means a lifetime of mediocrity... Especially abroad, like at Earth’s Technology Center West University.

A fun fact, at West University, unless they are particularly well-known scholars, the salaries of professors in general universities are not considered high, the median annual income of professors is around a little over $80,000 US Dollars, and that’s pre-tax income.

After personal deductions, paying the state taxes where they reside, along with various social security and medical insurances, it’s probably a little over $50,000 US Dollars left, which translates to less than $5,000 US Dollars a month, considered quite frugal. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

The salaries for associate professors and assistant professors are even lower.

Having no fame means rarely getting invited to lecture outside, and it’s hard to garner projects...

Even though many Western tech companies know the importance of theoretical mathematics research, when they invest, they naturally prefer to choose those well-known theoretical mathematicians, such as Edward Witten, Peter Schultz, Mary Carter, and the like...