Perhaps because there was no Hope Cup in his previous life, Hao Yun spoke with his conscience. He really had no feelings for this trophy. He even decided to sign up in the first place under the inducement of Dean Li Guoping.
However…
He always felt as if he had been misunderstood when he said those words.
After the interview, Hao Yun always felt that something was wrong, so he explained his thoughts to Dean Li Guoping, hoping that he would help clarify it with the people at the TV station.
However, he didn't expect that the old guy didn't intend to listen at all, so he waved his hand and comforted him.
"Don't take it too seriously. It's not a big problem. Besides, when I think about it, I think you're quite right. There's really no need to take it too seriously with just a Hope Cup. Isn't that something that just needs a hand? We at Jiang University There are so many talents, you should straighten your back when walking outside, and you can’t be looked down upon by the boys from Charcot College next to you!”
"What does this have to do with Xia Keda?" Hao Yun said dumbfounded.
"What does it have to do with it? Ha," Dean Li Guoping snorted coldly, his tone was neither salty nor light, but the corner of his mouth could not hide the joy of getting revenge, "When they won the championship last year, they didn't forget to run against us. .”
Good guy.
Another Scorpio.
Hao Yun sighed inwardly, dumbfounded, and decided not to dwell on this matter anymore...
…
The week after the Hope Cup final.
Shanghai City, conference room of Xia Dong Normal University.
The expert group meeting has reached its third round.
Fellow Yang Fengyuan of the School of Computer Science at Xia Dong Normal University has made new progress in his research.
"It's a very interesting phenomenon. A few days ago, I used a supercomputer to try the reciprocal square root algorithm using the traversal method. As a result, the best value obtained after 140 million operations was 0x5f37642f."
"I thought this result would be closer to accuracy than the 'magic number' proposed by contestant No. 101, 0x5f375a86, but the result of the Newton iterative algorithm was beyond my expectation... The result I obtained through supercomputing traversal It’s actually a little bit worse in terms of accuracy?”
Having said this, Courtyard Scholar Yang Feng looked like he had seen a ghost and said in a low voice.
"Although this situation is not completely impossible, after all, the possibilities we face are infinite. But within an hour, he actually found a hexadecimal number that was more reliable than a supercomputer... If this is a coincidence, then It’s too damn scary.”
While it might be more ghostly if it weren't a coincidence, it would at least be a little more convincing.
Professor Jia Yuxin, another number theory research expert from the Xiaguo Institute of Mathematics, suddenly spoke.
"0x5f37642f? Wait a minute, the result I calculated is the same as yours, but I didn't use supercomputing to calculate it, but used a linear approximation method to find the optimal value... a pure mathematical method."
Courtyard Scholar Yang Feng: "...Purely mathematical method?"
"That's right," Professor Jia Yuxin smiled bitterly, with the same expression as if he had seen a ghost, "Theoretically, my method should be quite reliable, although there are still many things that are difficult to explain. After that, I will bring 0x5f37642f with me Enter the algorithm, but no matter how you execute the Newton iteration algorithm, the result of the exact value is a little worse than the result of the 'magic number'... I was extremely surprised at the time."
"Can I watch the process?" Academician Zhan Yongshu asked hurriedly.
Although he is not a professional mathematics expert, information engineering requires a mathematical foundation after all, so there is no problem in understanding it.
Professor Jia Yuxin nodded, took out a thick stack of documents from the document bag he carried with him, handed it to his assistant who came to the meeting with him, and motioned for him to pass it on.
"Of course, I am preparing to send my research results to everyone! I can definitely say that these results are very interesting... I even forgot to eat dinner yesterday."
After getting a stack of paper, Professor Zhang Cunhao couldn't help but say something as soon as he saw the title before he could read the specific content.
“…are the original constants obtained through mathematical derivation or through trial and error? What is this?”
"Of course it's the title of the paper. By the way, this is my latest paper..." At this point, Professor Jia Yuxin smiled sheepishly and continued, "Of course, it hasn't been published yet, just for everyone to see. "
After all, the results of the competition have not yet come out. A paper written based on such unpublished results is obviously not suitable for publication, otherwise it will be an act of plagiarism.
However, if it is not published publicly, there is still no problem in circulating it privately within the circle of insiders.
As for why I wrote this paper in advance and brought it to the conference table, on the one hand it was because I couldn't help but feel itchy after seeing this interesting topic, and on the other hand it was because I was afraid that these colleagues would get ahead of me.
As expected, he received at least three eye rolls just in the middle of what he said.
However, after seeing these three eye rolls, Professor Jia, who was smiling, felt relieved.
Academician Zhan Yongshu didn't think so much. At his age and status, he no longer needed to publish papers to maintain his academic status. It was precisely because of this that he shifted the focus of his work to education in the past two years.
After reading the paper, Academician Zhan frowned slightly and continued.
"It's really interesting... although there's still no explanation as to how this number came about."
The experts sitting at the conference table also nodded.
Are the original constants obtained through mathematical derivation or through trial and error
Professor Jia Yuxin's paper is at most an introduction. It is a good beginning for a research topic, but it is still far from the conclusion.
"Three rounds of meetings have yielded no results. I'm afraid this problem will be difficult to solve in a short period of time." After reading the paper, Scholar Yang Fengyuan sighed softly. "Unless the results of the competition are disclosed to the academic community, and then many scholars discuss it together. .”
Hearing this, Academician Zhan Yongshu nodded in agreement.
Indeed, as Academician Yang said, this conference room gathers the most knowledgeable minds in the fields of mathematics and informatics. Although they may not necessarily be the smartest, they must be experienced.
However, even so, after three rounds of meetings, they could not find a suitable explanation for how this number was calculated. This only shows that this issue should not be discussed in the conference room, but It is a research topic that should be considered repeatedly in the laboratory.
I believe that given enough time, they will be able to find the answer.
"I agree with Academician Yang's point of view. Let's end the seminar on 0x5f375a86 here."
After a pause, Academician Zhan Yongshu stood up and continued in a serious tone.
"Everyone, we must consider a more serious issue now."
"That's about the winner of this Hope Cup competition."
The competition has been a week and all the works have been reviewed by the main examination committee.
Even if there is controversy now, the focus of the controversy is on how this number came from, not on the value of the magic number itself.
The conference room was quiet for a while.
"I will vote for contestant No. 101. Whether it is based on subjective opinions or objective evaluations, the answers he submitted are very excellent."
"Second! Although his answer is very simple, isn't the art of informatics about simplifying and disseminating complex problems?"
"I also agree with this view. At least so far, I have not seen any work that is more eye-catching than this number."
Professor Zhang Cunhao said nothing and seemed to be still hesitating about his choice.
Scholar Yang Feng did not express any opinion. He seemed to think that this issue did not need to be discussed at all. He just wrote his choice on the voting card, then stood up and left the meeting room.
Looking at the situation in the conference room, Academician Zhan Yongshu smiled and nodded.
"It seems that everyone's opinions are unexpectedly unanimous."
There seemed to be no suspense about the championship at all, and this was just as he expected.
The Hope Cup has been held for so many times, and he has been a committee member for so many years, but this is the first time he has seen an answer that left the entire committee at a loss.
If such an answer is not worthy of the glory of the championship.
That’s a loss for the Hope Cup!