Not only had Xiao Tong failed to anticipate how much attention the paper published in Econometrica would attract, but Lu Zhou hadn't expected it either. He had only just returned home and was preparing to cut off contact with the outside world, devote himself to the Riemann Hypothesis, and enjoy a peaceful vacation until the end of the year when a flood of messages inundated his inbox.
Some came from his old friends at Princeton, while others came from people he didn't know. Judging by their introductions, however, they seemed to be researchers in macroeconomics, computational economics, and related fields, and quite a few were fairly well known.
It was through these emails that Lu Zhou learned just how much of a sensation his mathematical model had become in economics. Several economics seminars dedicated to the model had already been held at universities in New York, Boston, London, and elsewhere.
The economists who contacted him were essentially expressing the same wish as Professor Krugman: they hoped he would continue researching the Lu-Bewley Model and lead macroeconomics and computational economics to greater heights.
Unfortunately, Lu Zhou wasn't particularly interested.
At first, he earnestly replied to a few emails, politely declining. As the messages kept multiplying, however, he simply handed the task of replying over to Xiao Ai.
His life immediately became much quieter, and he finally had time to settle down and continue studying the mathematical tool he had recently created-the Hyperelliptic Curve Analysis Method.
It was the evening of the third day before the Spring Festival, and only just past noon in London.
While packing her luggage, Xiao Tong started a WeChat video call. Along with her daily ritual of pestering her vacationing brother, she shared the good news that Professor Krugman had invited her to pursue a doctorate at