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Since high school, mathematics was one of my favorite subjects, but my interest didn't extend beyond mathematics as a school subject—what you learn in class. With this half-hearted interest, I went on to major in mathematics and was often baffled by the mathematics taught in university lectures. Nevertheless, I didn't give up, and I believe I held a sort of admiration for research even back then. It was then that I had the good fortune of meeting peers who also aspired to be researchers. Inspired by them, I began to study relentlessly. In the process, I started to vaguely perceive the beauty and depth of theory, something I hadn't been very conscious of in the mathematics I learned up to high school.

Since entering graduate school, I have been researching topology (topological geometry). This field is sometimes described as "soft geometry," but I believe its essence is to capture geometric objects from a "global perspective" and study their diverse properties using "invariants" (which serve to distinguish between shapes). Topology is a relatively new research field that developed rapidly in the 20th century, and in recent years, its applications to fields closer to daily life—such as biology (DNA topology), chemistry (polymer topology), and engineering (robotics, image recognition)—are also being actively studied.

During your four years at university, you will have many opportunities to challenge yourself. Even if some of these things seem uninteresting at first, I encourage you to tackle them as proactively as possible. It's even good to sometimes dive in and pursue them thoroughly. You won't know if something is truly valuable to you until you try it. Unlike superficial knowledge, experience becomes an irreplaceable personal asset. As you accumulate these experiences one by one, I believe the path you should take will naturally become clear. I hope that all you 午夜剧场 students have a fruitful and fulfilling university life.