University of Bath, UK, host of the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad.
The organizer has arranged all the contestants who will participate in this IMO competition in a historic hotel not far from the University of Bath in the UK.
However, although the hotel looks a bit old, the facilities in the hotel are complete and have not fallen out of step with the times.
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Therefore, An Ran and his party were very satisfied after checking into this hotel.
This time, the Chinese team came to the UK to participate in the IMO competition. There were a total of twelve people. In addition to the four participating players, there were also team leaders, deputy team leaders, translators and several logistics staff. These workers.
With so many people, it can be seen how much the country attaches importance to this competition.
Since An Ran was the only girl among the four contestants, An Ran lived alone in a suite, which made An Ran quite satisfied.
After all, if she lives in a dormitory with others, she still prefers to live alone.
Because of jet lag, Zhuo Boyuan, the leader of the national team, asked everyone to go back to their rooms to rest.
The first day was spent with jet lag.
Although the opening ceremony would not be held until the next day in the evening, Zhuo Boyuan did not lead a group of excited contestants to go shopping outside. Instead, he asked them to just walk around the hotel.
Just walking around the hotel would not be too tempting for the students, so they all stayed in the hotel obediently, waiting for the opening ceremony in the evening.
Soon, as four students raced against time to answer questions, the opening ceremony of the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad began!
When the national and regional teams entered the stage, IMO Chairman Geoff Smith took the stage and delivered a speech. This time, the opening ceremony officially began!
Because there were contestants and leading teachers from 116 countries and regions, there were many people in the opening ceremony and it was also very mixed.
Therefore, in an environment with such a large and complex population, there is still some chance that racial discrimination will occur.
Because the dinners for the team leader and the contestants are separate.
Therefore, among a group of academics who may have high IQs but may not be very mature mentally, it is not too surprising that disputes will occur.
An Ran's Chinese team has players who are all top academics. English is their standard foreign language.
An Ran and another contestant even speak multiple languages.
Therefore, when several contestants with different colors and eyes were making fun of them in fluent French, An Ran and another contestant, not surprisingly, understood what these people were saying. Insult them.
"The Chinese team is here again. I wonder how bad they will do this year."
"This time I saw them in China making quite a fuss, but it was all just for grandstanding..."
"I did so poorly in the exam last time, but I still dare to come this time..."
"No one of them won the gold medal last time. I wonder how many of them can win the silver medal this time?"
"There won't be anyone, right?"
"Don't worry, there will definitely be a bronze medal."
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Listening to a group of people laughing at their country in French, many of the national team members who knew French couldn't bear it anymore.
As a senior high school student who is only 18 years old this year, although he is already an adult, teenagers in this age group are the most easily angered.
Even though he is a top student, very smart and has very good grades, he is still a young man who has just grown up.
So, when he saw that group of people arrogantly complaining and mocking their national team, the young man couldn't bear it anymore.
Rushing up is just a theory.
Soon, after switching from French to English, the other two contestants of the national team, who could only understand English, also knew what had happened, so they rushed forward and started reasoning together.
As for An Ran, a pseudo-girl whose real age was already an adult, she shook her head helplessly.
Looking at the teachers and adults leading the team, it is estimated that it will take some time before they can notice something strange here. When she looked at her teammates, who were almost speechless by the group of blond foreign students, she also walked over angrily.
Because what the other party said was really too much. It is true that their results in the IMO international competition in the past few years were not very good. The worst thing was that last year, they did not win a single gold medal. It was really...
However, this does not mean that they cannot do well in this competition this year imo!
Therefore, An Ran was very sensible and joined the 'debate team'. However, sometimes, discrimination and prejudice can blind people's eyes, especially... This group of people who are blinded are still a group of 'children' who are either minors or just adults.
An Ran told the truth and asked the group of people to apologize very politely, but! An Ran made an irritable discovery! This group of people are all a bunch of 'naughty kids' who don't talk sense and don't understand human language!
So, An Ran was a little angry when he said it! She, who was very sensible at first, suddenly became angry!
And this anger... her reason was a little bit let go!
"Haha, you Chinese are not as smart as us by nature. You didn't get a gold medal last year. Do you want to get a gold medal this year? How is it possible? This year's difficulty is even greater than last year. You can get a silver medal. It’s already pretty good…”
An Ran squinted her eyes, feeling the mocking glances around her. She sneered and said coldly.
"Haha! You are smart, so can you crack the Riemann Hypothesis?"
As soon as An Ran said these words, everyone was shocked!
Because the Riemann Hypothesis is one of the seven unsolved mathematical problems in the world!
The Riemann Hypothesis is a conjecture about the zero-point distribution of the Riemann zeta function ζ(s). It was proposed by the mathematician Riemann in 1859. Hilbert proposed 23 mathematical problems that mathematicians should work hard to solve in the 20th century at the Second International Congress of Mathematicians, which are considered to be the commanding heights of 20th century mathematics, including the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann Hypothesis is also one of the seven major mathematical problems in the world currently offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute. 1
Until now, this conjecture has not been answered.
Therefore, when all the contestants present heard what An Ran said, they all thought that this contestant from China might be crazy.
Even if he is blaming someone, he is not blaming someone like this.
The imo competition and the Riemann Hypothesis are not on the same level at all!
"IMO competition and the Riemann Hypothesis are the same! The Riemann Hypothesis is one of the seven unsolved mathematical problems in the world. IMO and the Riemann Hypothesis are not on the same level at all, okay?"
"That's right, even if we can't solve it, can you solve it?"
"If you could solve the Riemann Hypothesis, why would you want to participate in the IMO competition with us here?"
"The people who can solve the Riemann Hypothesis will definitely not be you Chinese..."
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Because An Ran mentioned the Riemann Hypothesis, many people who had just stood quietly on the sidelines began to mock him.
The other members of the Chinese team were also a little panicked, because they had never thought that An Ran would come up with the legendary mathematical problem of the Riemann Hypothesis to challenge others.
And, it seems... a little overturned.
For a time, Duan Shuyi and a group of people were really anxious, especially when they saw the only girl in their team, and the youngest among them, being surrounded by countless people with suspicious and mocking eyes. Sometimes, they feel even more worried and anxious.
They thought that there was no need to save face, so now they quickly pulled An Ran away, the impulsive little sister, and talked.
Unfortunately, before they could touch An Ran, they saw An Ran walking towards the whiteboard in the dinner hall.
Because this is the opening dinner of the imo competition, it is not surprising that there is a whiteboard here. After all, we are all mathematical geniuses. During the dinner, we may have some inspirations that we want to record, or we may want to exchange mathematical knowledge.
Therefore, An Ran raised his chin, like an elegant and beautiful white swan, and proudly glanced at the group of foreign contestants with different hair colors, skin colors, and eye colors around him, and then said with great confidence.
"What you can't do, we Chinese can do it. Maybe our results in the previous IMO competitions were not ideal. Even in the last IMO competition, our country didn't even win a gold medal. But , you are not qualified to deny our strength like this!"
With that said, An Ran picked up the whiteboard pen and started writing quickly on the whiteboard.
Originally, everyone sneered at An Ran's words and didn't take them to heart.
However, gradually, as the formula written in An Ran's hand gradually appeared on the whiteboard, everyone was a little dumbfounded!
because-
ζ(s)=1+1/2^s+1/3^s+1/4^s+…
The formula An Ran wrote on the whiteboard was not an ordinary formula, but the formula of the Riemann Hypothesis!
The most terrifying thing is that An Ran is proving the Riemann Hypothesis on the whiteboard!
Looking at An Ran's childish face, everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief and disbelief.
None of them believed that An Ran could solve the Riemann Hypothesis. After all, whether in the past or now, a group of great mathematicians have not solved historical problems. How could a child like An Ran be able to solve them
Therefore, many contestants booed for a while, feeling that An Ran was just trying to please others and brush them off.
As a result, this burst of boos was quickly interrupted by the arrival of professors and experts invited by the organizer, as well as the leading teachers!
When it comes to understanding mathematics, these old professors are much better than this group of young boys who claim to be geniuses!
Therefore, after they heard the participating students making trouble and rushed over, they discovered how precious the formulas written on the whiteboard were!
It is not a false proof written casually to fool people, but... it truly proves the Riemann Hypothesis!
Moreover, the proof of problem-solving ideas is very clear and clear. At least as far as the girl's current problem-solving proof is concerned, they are correct after looking at it carefully!