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The Cole Prize?!

Lu Zhou was astonished.

Soon after, he realized a problem.

"Wait a minute, isn't the Cole Prize only awarded to members of the Federal Mathematics Society?"

Professor Qiu knew that Lu Zhou would ask this question. So, he smiled and said, "The Princeton conference was hosted by the Federal Mathematics Society. With the Best Young Speaker Award also came the membership status. Therefore, you're in full compliance with the award rules."

Lu Zhou had never applied to join an association, but generally, associations would grant membership to award winners, so this was common practice. The same thing happened to his Shiing-Shen Chern Mathematics Award.

Professor Qiu paused for a second before he smiled and continued.