Since having the system, Blake felt his life becoming more structured. Every morning, he would carry his second-hand laptop and headed towards the library. He had never experienced this style of living before.
Sitting at the usual same spot, Blake opened his laptop and plugged his charger in the wall outlet. He contemplated for a while before typing a line of big words onto a Word document.[The Optimal Inversion Theory of Linear Operators and Linear Functions ][Abstract: Researched a few types of inversion problems of linear functional and linear operators when given full and part information. Introduced the basic results of optimal inversion theory. Especially the construction of the optimal construction method.]Blake thought about this problem while lying in bed going through his notes. When their mathematics analysis professor, Professor Phil, talked about the Fourier inversion formula, he mentioned this briefly. It was one of the few unpopular but still cutting edge fields.Blake combined some information online and drafted this questionAs for how to solve this problem?Hmm...With his skill level, there was no way he could solve it. Therefore, he had to use some unconventional means.If he recalled correctly, the high tech system’s general points could be used to solve modern technical problems. He tried to solve Riemann’s conjecture but the system did not respond. He thought that the question must be above his mathematical level or that the general points required were an insanely high number that he did not have.For this level of difficulty, surely the system would give a response?Blake thought about this. As he concentrated on the computer screen, he began to think, “system, system, system.”Hmm...It seemed like there was no response.What?Suddenly, a warm air current flew from his back to the top of his head. Blake felt his brain getting warmer. Immediately after, a “pong” sound went off. An enormous stream of information blasted open like a sea of knowledge. This was followed by lines of text floating in front of his eyes.[65 general points used.][Currently producing an optimal solution based on a mathematical level of 0...]He did not feel any discomfort. Rather, he felt pleasure. Just as Blake wondered if he was in a dream, he woke up.Blake looked at the white computer screen. He then looked at his hands and the keyboard before muttering with a hint of excitement.Solve- solved it?!”It really solved it!!!If he was not at the library, he would have started to cheer loudly.Just like when he was obtaining Zhou’s approximation, the entire question’s core theorems were planted into his head like a piece of iron.From steps to answers, every number, every symbol, even every full stop was in his head. It was all so concise and filled with the beauty of mathematics.The only downside was that this type of beauty was too abstract. He needed to use language to enrich its connotation and turn it into a thesis.A thesis that could be comprehended by others.While thinking, Blake seemed to understand the meaning behind the high tech system.However, he was confused as to the point of all this.Suddenly a ballpoint pen poked his arm lightly.“Umm, student...” said Ava Harper with a reddened face. Embarrassed, she asked, “Can I ask you another maths question?”Originally, she did not want to ask him. However, she had asked everyone around her and no one could solve it.She held her head down in defeat.Ava chose to tolerate him and decided to forget the “humiliation” that Blake had previously caused her.Blake opened his mouth and said, “Okay, bring me the question.”Ava released a breath and quietly moved her chair next to Blake.Blake looked at the question briefly and saw that it was much more difficult than the question that she asked him the other day. It was around the same level as the question Jack had asked him.However hard it may be, it was only an advanced algebra question. For him, as long as it was a question from an exercise book, he could definitely solve it.Blake took a pen and started to write on the draft paper.While Blake was doing the question, Ava secretly looked at his face.Although this guy’s personality was unlikeable, his look of focus was surprisingly attractive.Ava was bored while she waited for Blake to solve the question. She suddenly noticed the Word document on his computer screen. She asked quietly, “Student, are you doing a graduate project?”It was already June and he still had not completed the graduate project. What a “genius”!Blake answered, “No, that’s my thesis, I’m submitting it to the scientific journal.”Hearing this, Ava was filled with respect for him.Oh my god, I met a god!I didn’t even notice. He looks so young. How is he a PhD student?Also, this PhD student had already started to submit to the scientific journal during the semester. Impressive!Filled with worship, she asked, “Student, what do you major in?”Blake had a poker face on while he tried to solve the question. When he heard her, he began to smile, “Uh... mathematics.”“Mathematics major, Jesus Christ! Anyone that can study mathematics is a god...” said Ava. Her worship was even more sincere than before.She was in the business school. She did pretty well in her other subjects and the only subject she worried about was mathematics. She was about to go into the fourth year. The immense pressure from the postgraduate exams was right in front of her, making her worried about continuing her studies.“Solved it. I wrote the thought process and steps on the paper. If you look at it for a while, you should be able to understand.” said Blake. He threw the draft paper next to Ava as he said softly, “Mathematics is partly driven by talent and partly driven by hard work. It’s different than other quantitative subjects. You won’t understand it by having others explaining it to you.”After all, this was the library. It was unsuitable for discussion. Quiet conversations were fine, but if they kept on talking, people would start to get annoyed. Therefore, Blake stopped the conversation and gave this girl the necessary resources to figure it out herself.Ava thanked him softly and took the draft paper. She then took out her phone and requested softly, “Umm... Student, can I get your WeChat? I still want to ask you if I’m stuck on a question.”“No problem,” said Blake. He did not think much and took out his crappy Xiaomi phone to let the girl scanned his QR code.“Thanks, I’ll buy you food next time,” said Ava. She blushed and thanked him again. She then moved her chair back and continued to study hard.Suddenly, Blake had a moment of realization. He forgot to clear up a misunderstanding.He was not a graduate student. He was just a freshman.Although... He would be a sophomore in a few months.If he went after her to specifically clarify this, it would seem a bit obsessive and awkward. He would have to clarify this misunderstanding next time when he had the chance.He shook his head and put the thought in the back of his mind. His eyes continued to stare at the screen while his fingers tapped lightly on the keyboard. He started to focus on writing his thesis....Although the system gave the answer based on a level zero mathematics , there was one aspect Blake was certain of. This method of solving it definitely did not come from his current knowledge. Rather, it came from the system’s database of knowledge.While writing his thesis, Blake was also writing down notes in his notebook. He listed the parts that he did not understand and wrote down a question mark on the steps that he still had doubts about.When other people wrote theses, it was like they were squeezing water from a sponge. As for Blake, it was like pouring water into a sponge. It was not output, it was input.Blake was in the library for the entire day. Even his lunch was the leftover bao from breakfast.He looked at the thousands of words on his screen and the two full pages of notes on his notebook. He laid back on his chair and stretched.“All I have to do now is to understand the parts on my notebook. I’ll figure it out myself if I can. Otherwise, I’ll just ask the teacher.”“Also for the parts of the thesis that are messy, I should streamline them. I’ll do some researching online for steps that are already proven by other theses. After that, I can just delete the proof and label the reference.”“The last step is to double check it... Shouldn’t be a big problem for me. After all, I wrote every word personally.”Technically the system wrote it, but it’s the same thing.It was getting late and his tummy started to rumble. Blake stood up from his chair and started to walk out of the library.Should I eat barbecue on rice again? Or eat curry?After he finished his dinner, he would go and visit Professor Phil’s office. If he recalled it correctly, he should be on fourth year’s classroom duty right now.Okay, I’ll decide at that!The consultation room did not even have a single empty seat.The third-year students preparing for graduate entrance exams were all focused on studying.Next to the lectern, sat the professor of University of Baymack’s mathematics department, Phil Thomas. He put the newspaper in his hand down and started to meticulously look at the question on the draft paper. His right hand flipped the pen cover repetitively.Blake stood next to him. He clearly understood that this little gesture meant that he was in his deep thinking mode.“Where did you get this question?” asked Phil Thomas suddenly after staring at the draft paper for a long time.“The textbook mentioned the Fourier series, so I went to the library to find related materials. I found variants of the Fourier inversion theorem and a few applications for the variants. I tried to derive them and was stuck on this one step,” said Blake with an apologetic smile. His facial expression was full of gratefulness.Phil looked at Blake for a s
Room 201. Male dorm rooms.Jack Hemsworth was doing practice questions under the light when he suddenly stopped his pen and looked at the room’s door. He asked carelessly, “Why hasn’t Blake come back yet?”Noah Denver was sitting on the bed playing soul hunters. He did not even raise his head as he replied, “I don’t know. Why do you care so much about the guy? Are you gay or something? Disgusting!”“Come down! I’ll beat your ass!”Jack swore. He grabbed the ladder and started to shake the bed to the point that Noah could not even see his phone clearly. He quickly grabbed the rail and screamed mercy.“Jack! Jack! I was wrong, I was wrong! Stop shaking! I’m gonna die! Ahhhhh~”In fact, there was no way he could die. The bed frame was connected. There were also lots of books and clothes in the cabinet supporting it. Even if Jack threw his entire body weight onto the ladder, he still could not flip over the massive rectangular object.These two noisy people had already become the norm for
The days slowly passed by and Blake maintained the library and dorm lifestyle. Other than eating at the cafeteria or asking Professor Phil for help when he was stuck, the trajectory of his life had not changed.It was the first time his life had structure since he stepped into the university. Not to mention, he had maintained it for over two weeks.He had not expected it at all.Finally, Blake managed to finish his thesis before the 15th of June. He had also translated it from English to Mandarin.It was worth mentioning that when Blake was discussing “Derivation of the Fourier partial series in relation with inversion functions” with Professor Phil, Professor Phil showed immense interest in Blake’s thesis. Professor Phil said that he would not mind helping Blake to edit his thesis.Blake trusted Professor Phil’s editing skills when it came to the thesis.Putting Phil’s kindness and generosity aside, he had worked many years as a professor and had published more theses than Blake had
The days passed by slowly. Soon, it was time for the “Advanced Algebra 2” exam.“Students, please turn off your phones. Place your student ID and citizen ID on the table’s left corner. I will repeat the exam rules again. There will be no tolerance for cheating. You’ll be sent to the academic affairs office if caught. You are all about to enter the second year. I hope you won’t make a mistake at a crucial time like this. Every year, there are a couple of students that are dishonest. I hope you can follow the rules.”An old professor stood on the podium and looked around the room. He then pointed at a master’s student and said, “Little Dan, start from the right side.”“Okay,” nodded the boy named Little Dan. He started to inspect the student IDs starting from the right.The old professor placed his vacuum flask on the podium and started to inspect the IDs from the left.Blake stretched his back. He turned off his phone and stuffed it in his bag. Like everyone else, he placed his textboo
Plagiarism percentage: 0.3%It could not be more legit.“Blake, let me ask you something and answer honestly. Did you really write this thesis by yourself?”Professor Phil stared at Blake. Through his thick glasses, his pupils shined with astonishment.There was a hint of excitement.Only thing was, he still could not believe it. He could not believe that the mathematical proof theorem in the thesis was actually written by an undergraduate student.Blake did not avoid those questioning eyes. Instead, he laughed and with a humble tone, he said, “It was all thanks to Professor Phil’s education.”Even though I exchanged it with general points, it should count as my own work right?He had no shame in saying that it was his own work!Phil Thomas looked away from Blake and continued to look at the thesis for a very long time.Since Blake was free, he just stood next to him and waited.The sky gradually turned darker and darker and the clock on the wall slowly turned to six o’clock. Professo
[Jack: Mathematics is so hard! I completely didn’t understand the fifth fill in the blanks question and the last multi-choice. In the end, I had to guess the answer. Ah, I screwed up. I’ll need to do the supplementary exam T.T]“...”Blake was scrolling through his friends’ news feed when he saw Jack’s post. He twitched his mouth and was about to like the post when he stopped himself.[The fifth fill in the blanks answer is... The last multi-choice answer is B]It was difficult to type mathematical symbols on a phone!He finished typing it and pressed send.How comfortable!Blake was about to put his phone back into his pocket and wanted to continue to eat. Suddenly his phone vibrated. He looked at the notification and saw Jack’s reply.What? How did this guy reply so fast?Blake felt slightly surprised and opened up his news feed.[Jack: ... Wasn’t it A?]Blake laughed and shook his head as he recalled the choices of that question. He took out a draft paper from his backpack and star
Fat Steve’s description was accurate. Sorting out packages was as easy as kicking a football.They would point their toes at the parcel and strongly kick it. The package would fly for ten meters. No one cared about the sellers or the buyers. Nothing mattered as long as the package was delivered.Actually, it was not that these workers did not want to be more responsible. The regular workers were even rougher on the packages. When the conveyor belt started, there was no time for you to handle the packages carefully. It did not matter whether it said fragile or expensive. If the cardboard box broke, there were designated people to collect them, taped them up, and put them back on the conveyor belt.“This package broke. It seems to be wine or something. I can smell the alcohol.”“Don’t bother with it. It’s fine as long as the delivery receipt doesn’t get wet. Throw it back on the conveyor belt. Remember, the delivery receipt faces up.”The group of workers had a clear designated parking
It was ten o’clock in the morning at the mathematics department of the research building.Professor Phil sat at his desk and looked at his computer screen. He was editing a thesis meticulously.He read through the argument and the logical process of the calculation. He could not help but felt a sense of astonishment. Even though he carried a pair of criticizing eyes and wanted to find mistakes to ask Blake to fix, he felt like he did not even know where to begin.He finished inspecting the thesis and did not find a single unnecessary calculation.The only thing he could help was to edit and fix the sentence structure and English vocabulary.“The young ones are going to soon surpass us,” said Professor Phil as he leaned against his chair.At the exact moment, his office door was pushed open.The person did not knock or greet him. It was this type of impolite behaviors that made Professor Phil frowned. However, after seeing who it was, he relaxed and his face had a slight smile.It was