Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 42 - Sending Warmth?
Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Sending Warmth?
Sure enough, Han Ziyue pointed at one of the words and laughed, “This… what does ‘ideal’ mean here? So weird? Is that word even in academic papers?”
“Do you need ideals to write papers?”
“Could it be about the legendary New Civilization School papers?”
Zhang Yuan covered his face, saying grumpily, “… a non-empty subset I of ring R, if for any two algebraic operations on R, it satisfies: for any a, b ∈ I, r ∈ R, a-b ∈ I, ra ∈ I, then I is called a left ideal of ring R. Similarly, there is a definition for right ideals.”
“A non-empty subset I of ring R, if it is both a left and right ideal, is called a bilateral ideal of R, usually simply referred as R’s ideal.”
Come on, this is the most basic concept in mathematics.
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Suddenly revealing her ignorance, Han Ziyue couldn’t help but blush.
She stuck out her tongue and said, “You’re no fun at all! Here I am teasing you, and you actually recite mathematical definitions.”
“No wonder you’re a single guy, after being dumped by my sister, no girls like you anymore! That’s not right, you know?”
Zhang Yuan said expressionlessly, “I know, but I won’t change.”
“…”
Han Ziyue was suddenly at a loss for words.
“Zhang Yuan, are you there?” Just at that moment, another female voice sounded outside the door, it seemed like Wang Lili.
Speaking of the word “bad luck,” there might be nobody unluckier than her.
Caught by her supervisor to review a paper overnight, only to find she couldn’t understand anything.
Not understanding was not a problem since Zhang Yuan, the person concerned, didn’t know; it was just secretly embarrassing.
But…
Her damn supervisor actually asked her to invite Zhang Yuan to some conference at the Mechanical Engineering College!
There was a high chance of being exposed, and even a certain likelihood of becoming Zhang Yuan’s student!
Why am I so unlucky!
“Hey, is there another girl inside? Hahaha!” Wang Lili’s mood improved when she saw a man and a woman alone together in the room.
Got you, is this your new girlfriend?
She’s pretty cute, walking around teasing people, young girl, you better not fall for it!
Who would have thought, this dull Zhang Yuan, turns out to be a closeted naughty guy.
But it makes sense, everyone is at their most playful at this age, once on the spaceship, everyone must behave properly, no messing around anymore.
“Ah, sorry, sorry, carry on, carry on…”
While saying “carry on,” Wang Lili showed no intention of leaving; instead, she just stood outside laughing joyfully.
“Wait a minute! Carry on what…” Zhang Yuan hurriedly tried to explain, sweating profusely.
“This is… my ex-girlfriend’s younger sister.”
Han Ziyue, ever the instigator, added, “She’s the younger sister of my first-love ex-girlfriend!”
This relationship is a bit complicated, huh, all broken up and still playing with little aunties? Wang Lili’s face showed a curious expression, her gossiping nature worsening.
Young people today… So impressive!
Zhang Yuan was extremely embarrassed and quickly changed the subject, “Right, what did you want me for?”
Now that business was mentioned, Wang Lili no longer beat around the bush, “My boss wants to invite you over for a face-to-face discussion.”
She paused, pretending to be serious, “I read your paper… It was good.”
“You have read it, and it’s good?”
Zhang Yuan recalled the reply letter, indeed forwarded by the Mechanical Engineering College, and suddenly had a thought, “You’re not the one helping me revise it, are you?”
Wang Lili’s heart skipped a beat, “Don’t overthink it! I just took a casual look.”
“Based on that paper of yours, not only can many follow-up papers be published, but many projects can also be initiated. We forwarded the paper to several big companies, and they take it very seriously.”
“There are a lot of big company representatives coming this time…”
A faculty position at the university isn’t just about scientific research; it also involves outsourced projects from the community. High-tech companies, when faced with tough challenges, often contract university professors directly.
Zhang Yuan was skeptical, “Many corporate representatives? What’s that got to do with me? Are they sharing money with me?”
“Forget it, how can they just give you money for nothing. With your paper as the framework, the professors can do a lot already…”
Wang Lili explained, “However, first, their understanding of that paper wouldn’t be as profound as yours, they won’t be as quick as you in executing projects, and for some commercial projects, time is money. Second, don’t forget who dug the well when you drink the water; it wouldn’t look good if these professors take all the big projects for themselves. It would be great if you could participate.”
“What do you think, will you go?”
Zhang Yuan nodded, realizing it was a sign of goodwill from the big players, “Yeah… I’ve got the time, let’s go.”
“I’m coming too!” Han Ziyue quickly said.
The three of them walked and listened as Wang Lili rambled on.
Papers, as such, cannot be patented; everyone can look at them, and anyone can cite them; aside from bringing fame, they can’t provide significant financial benefits to the author.
However, if Zhang Yuan’s new algorithm were used to write robot control software, then the entire set of software could be protected as intellectual property rights, and anyone who wanted to use it would have to pay.
Zhang Yuan had a lot of free time on the spaceship, making some contributions wasn’t a bad idea.
“Your suite of algorithms might indeed be more advanced than the original ones!”
“High degrees of freedom in robots involve really huge stakes, the big companies can’t help but be anxious.”
Zhang Yuan kept nodding his head.
Han Ziyue’s eyes sparkled, “Wow, Zhang Yuan, you’re amazing! My sister has really poor taste, to have dumped you… Maybe I should step in personally, I don’t have a boyfriend!”
*Cough cough*… Zhang Yuan awkwardly scratched his head.
Actually, he wasn’t interested in money; even if he earned it, he’d just donate it to the Foundation…
He immediately made a call to Professor Wang Zhong.
Professor Wang always had that energetic tone, “What? A big project, you say? I definitely don’t object! If you plan to get into this field in the future, doing more of these projects now is a good idea. It can help you gain experience…”
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“Right, before the spaceship reaches Jupiter, there’s at least a year of wakeful time, enough for you to complete a big project.”
“What… you want to donate the money you earn to the Foundation?” Professor Wang immediately got excited, “Good, good, I’ll send two people to help you right away!”
After hanging up, Wang Zhong kept marveling; his disciple was genuinely impressive, young yet starting to show his mettle, much like he had been back in the day.
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