Moving Forward as Planned

Time passed day by day.

The SOS Project research office of the School of Mathematical Sciences is working late into the night to meet the deadline.

The project title, "Research Project on Non-Constant Equilibrium Solutions of the Bipolar Non-Isentropic Euler-Poisson Equation," is too long and cumbersome to be used in everyday speech.

Every project needs a catchy code name, and the principle of the code name is that it should not appear to have any connection with the content of the project on the surface.

The SOS Project team was formed by taking the first letters of the surnames of Sun Erxiong, Shen Qi, and Ou Ye. The project code name was chosen by Shen Qi.

When the freshmen of the School of Mathematical Sciences entered the university, Sun Erxiong was responsible for teaching the basic courses to the freshmen. Whenever he had time, he would come to the SOS project office to discuss the topics with Shen Qi and Ou Ye.

The specific work of advancing the project was mainly carried out by Shen Qi and Ou Ye. They are now more familiar with the details of the project than Sun Erxiong, while Sun Erxiong grasps the overall direction and scale.

Yenching Big Mathematics Department Sciences undertakes many key research projects. Compared with the projects of academicians, Sun Erxiong's SOS Project can only be considered a small to medium-sized project.

But for Shen Qi and Ou Ye, the SOS project is their most important task recently, and they are fully committed to it.

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Shen Qi wrote a formula on the whiteboard and said, "I have a new idea. When α equals 0, we can prove a lemma to provide a basis for the subsequent iteration process."

"No problem, I agree with your derivation logic, Shen Qi," Sun Erxiong said. "But proving this lemma requires integration by parts using the Sobolev Embedding Theorem, which involves a considerable amount of computation."

"Let me do the calculations," Ou Ye said readily.

"Shen Qi and Ou Ye, you both have your own expertise and complement each other perfectly. Thank you for your hard work." Sun Erxiong praised them briefly before heading off to teach his Advanced Algebra to first-year students.

"Because I suddenly had a new idea, it increased your workload in calculations. You won't blame me, will you?" Shen Qi asked.

"No, for me, this is also a form of learning and progress." Ou Ye's condition is unstable, sometimes good and sometimes bad, but she is in good condition today.

"Alright, let's get to work. The goal is to achieve an overall progress rate of over 70% for the SOS project by the end of October. Time is tight and the task is heavy, so let's do our best!" Shen Qi is going to take the TOEFL and GRE exams in November, so he wants to complete the core argumentation part of the SOS project in October.

Shen Qi and Ou Ye each had a computer and were doing their own work.

Ou Ye's ability to sustain combat is not as good as Shen Qi's. Due to physical reasons, she calculates that she needs to rest for twenty minutes every two hours before starting the next round of calculations.

Shen Qi neither ate, drank, nor went to the toilet, sitting there for an entire afternoon, his fighting spirit still high, his eyes radiating a resolute light, his brows occasionally furrowing slightly.

Looking at Shen Qi, who was completely absorbed in his work, Shen Qi Ou Ye couldn't bear to say a word to him.

As she watched, Ou Ye became somewhat mesmerized. A man's most handsome moment is undoubtedly when he is focused and absorbed in his work.

Snap!

Shen Qi suddenly slammed his hand on the computer desk, startling Ou Ye.

"W-what's wrong?" Ou Ye asked anxiously.

"You've been sitting for too long, stretch your legs," Shen Qi said. "The task of the Euler Equation is finished; defining the dissipation function requires the Poisson Equation."

"Euler was Swiss, and Poisson was French." Ou Ye could finally chat with Shen Qi.

"When Euler died, Poisson was only two years old. The Euler - Poisson Equation is dominant in the field of Mathematical Physics, yet these two never even met during their lifetimes." Shen Qi chatted about the History of Mathematics to relax a bit. "Let's make an equation together sometime, the Shen-Euler equation."

"I hope that day will come." The most romantic thing Ou Ye can think of right now is probably the Shen-Ou equation, which is still far from being realized.

"Have you ever been to Switzerland?" Ou Ye asked.

"I've only been to one country and one city in Europe: London, England."

"I've never been to Switzerland either; it must be very romantic there."

Shen Qi took out his phone and checked his bank card balance. "Then let's go to Switzerland."

"Now?" Ou Ye could hardly believe it.

"Of course not now. If the SOS Project can be completed before winter break and the paper submitted, then we can travel to Switzerland during winter break. We can go skiing in the Alps and visit Euler's birthplace. This will be my gift to you. It's not very expensive, just round-trip airfare." Shen Qi mentally converted his bank account balance from RMB to Euros. If he was Switzerland trip should be enough for tens of thousands of Euros.

Wow, surprise! Ou Ye was overjoyed. For the next period of time, she was divinely aided and helped Shen Qi complete a very important section of the project.

By the end of October, Shen Qi's project schedule had been successfully achieved.

In his plan, the first segment accounts for 25%, the second segment 25%, the most important third segment 30%, and the fourth segment 20%.

After four months of work, under the guidance of Sun Erxiong and with the collaborative efforts of Shen Qi and Ou Ye, the first three sections have been completed, and the overall project progress has reached 80%.

The fourth section is a summary, which summarizes the preceding calculations, derivations, and analyses, and finally presents the conclusion that the regularity of the solution of the Bipolar Non-Isentropic Model is fundamentally different from that of the Unipolar Non-Isentropic Model and the Bipolar Isentropic Model.

"Let's celebrate, we can apply for Schengen Visa now!" Shen Qi was overjoyed; his hard work over the past few months was finally about to bear fruit.

"The research paper isn't finished yet," Ou Ye said.

"Let's celebrate in advance, the overall situation is settled." Shen Qi rubbed his hands excitedly. "Have you been abroad before, Ou Ye?"

Ou Ye nodded. "Yes, I've been to France, Italy, and Germany."

"Having been to so many European countries, you should have no problem getting Schengen Visa," Shen Qi said.

"My dad took me to Europe for medical treatment, but it didn't help," Ou Ye with some melancholy.

"We still need to address the root cause, Ou Ye. I think mathematics is your best remedy."

Maybe.

"Some French people don't want to be French, and some Italy and Germans feel the same way, so the Swiss Confederation was formed. You've been to France, Italy, and Germany, but never Switzerland. So let's go to Switzerland during winter break to fulfill your wish. It's settled then. Switzerland is such a small country, yet it gave birth to Euler and Bernoulli's family. Actually, I'd like to visit Switzerland myself." The heavy weight that had been pressing on Shen Qi's Sun Yat-sen University for months finally lifted.

"You seem very confident about your research paper," Ou Ye said.

"Topic selection is extremely important; it's a directional judgment. If the topic is not chosen appropriately, all the subsequent work will be in vain. That's why Lao Sun has his unique vision; he's an excellent project leader." Having reached this stage of the project, Shen Qi couldn't help but admire Sun Erxiong's strategic vision. As the saying goes, a cowardly soldier is a coward, and a cowardly general will lead to a cowardly army.

"Our research may seem similar to those at Tsinghua and Fudan Universities, but the essential difference is that we study the non-constant equilibrium solutions of Bipolar Non-Isentropic Model, while they study constant steady-state solutions. We are different from them."

"We've completed a lot of preliminary research, and now all that's left is the summary. I'll be taking the TOEFL and GRE in November, and I'll start writing the summary section at the end of November. I expect to finish the research paper by December. Everything is under control." Shen Qi enjoys this feeling of being in control, busy but not chaotic, executing according to plan, verifying the previous settings step by step, and watching the initially vague or even far-fetched concepts be concretized and finally realized. It gives him an extremely satisfying sense of accomplishment.

The accumulation of small efforts leads to research results. This is the daily routine of mathematicians or researchers. It cannot be achieved overnight, but it is in the ordinariness that one elevates the value of life.

"How about I write a first draft of the summary section?" Ou Ye asked tentatively, wanting to finish the project as soon as possible and publish the paper.

The only written deliverable the SOS project team ultimately submits to the nation is a research paper. The sooner the paper is published, the sooner we can have peace of mind.

"Alright," Shen Qi agreed.

Ou Ye completed nearly a third of the work on her own, and for the remaining two-thirds, she watched and listened to Shen Qi and Sun Erxiong discuss it every day, so she became familiar with them even though she wasn't familiar with them before.

Ou Ye may have shortcomings in her emotions and daily life, but she is a smart person in the field of mathematics and has a strong learning ability. Apart from Shen Qi, none of the other boys in the class are as good as her.

"Ou Ye, you write the first draft of the summary section first. Professor Sun and I will review it." Shen Qi let Ou Ye do it. In the months of working together on the research project, he had more and more confidence in Ou Ye's academic abilities.

Shen Qi left the SOS Project office carrying a pile of English books. Ou Ye stayed behind alone, but she was happy inside. Helping Shen Qi complete the project as soon as possible was also helping herself. Zhou Yu'an might be right. It's not that she wasn't afraid of not loving him, it's that she wasn't used to him.

Highly capable people often have strong, even eccentric, personalities.

Boss Shen looks down on people who lack ability.

Where can we find a capable assistant who excels in mathematics, is hardworking, and resolutely obeys Shen Qi's commands?

There's no one else like Ou Ye at the entire Yenching University.