"Did you know? A basketball genius emerged from the Chinese National Mathematical Olympiad team. He beat the shit out of five members of the Greek team by himself, and finally had to get out in despair!"
"Yes, I heard about it too, and some of our classmates also went to see it. It was so exciting! It was so exciting! It's a pity that I couldn't see it with my own eyes."
"The people of the Greek team are really embarrassed. Not only did they lose face, they also let everyone in the Chinese team walk away with mobile phones, laptops and AJ shoes. They lost thousands of dollars!"
"I heard that several members of the Chinese team didn't contribute much at all, and were completely driven forward by that genius. They are so happy!"
"I really like this kind of genius. My classmates say he is very manly! He is so handsome!"
"Although he is Chinese, I also want to sleep with him!"
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In the next two days, the entire hotel, and even the students from the hundreds of participating teams, all heard about the match between the Greek team and the Chinese team, and also heard about Shen Huan's majestic deeds.
Then, not only did the young ladies come over to strike up a conversation during the meal, there were even female students from the Mathematical Olympiad team who came from elsewhere at night and knocked on Shen Huan's door, wanting to talk to him about the most primitive mysteries of mankind.
This time it was hard for Lei Xiaode.
Because he was the one who caused the trouble, he opened the door every time, and then told the girls in a serious manner that Shen Huan had been called by the team leader, and he was not allowed to cause trouble again before the exam.
In fact, Shen Huan was writing emails in the room, and chatting with Han Donger, Buyiyi, Shui Qianyu, and a bunch of school beauties from time to time.
Lei Xiaode would always look at him with envy and hatred as he circled around a dozen women, wishing that a thunderbolt would come down from the sky, kill this evil beast, and then replace him with himself.
More than a day passed quickly.
After the opening ceremony on the second day, the official competition began the next day.
The rules of the International Mathematical Olympiad competition are to select 6 questions from among the test questions from each country. Each question is worth 7 points. The full score for each participating team member is 42 points.
On the first day, 4.5 hours are given and students are asked to do 3 questions.
Repeat this process the next day.
After the students finished, the teachers began to correct the papers.
This involves a lot of step points, and not all points will be lost if you make a mistake, so you have to be especially careful when correcting the paper, and you also have to cross-check the paper. If there are any objections, they will be discussed. .
Therefore, under normal circumstances, it takes at least two days to correct the paper. Sometimes it can take up to three days to complete.
Because the time is too long, a full 4.5 hours, you are allowed to bring food in for the Mathematical Olympiad exam, and you are allowed to go to the toilet, but you are not allowed to hand in papers in advance.
There are only about 20 people in the examination room where Shen Huan is located, and they are widely spaced apart from each other.
Supervising the exam room was Greg, a mathematics professor at a nearby university.
There are many universities in California, and there are many famous universities, so it is easy to find dozens or hundreds of professors to proctor exams.
Professor Greg is not a well-known professor, but he is still very passionate about his pursuit of mathematics.
When he found out that among the candidates he was invigilating, there was Shen Huan, he was a little excited, and at the same time he felt a little bit like a pilgrim.
In fact, in this 56th Mathematical Olympiad competition, when the organizing committee discovered that Shen Huan's name was on the list of entries for the Chinese team, and Shen Huan happened to put forward the "Shen Huan proposition" and started again When the genius mathematician was demonstrating the "Shen Huan Conjecture" and approaching the crown of "Fermat's Last Theorem" step by step, they all had fierce disputes.
Many people feel that if someone like Shen Huan, who can be called a great mathematician, comes to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad, it is purely cheating by the Chinese team.
Because Shen Huan can definitely take home a gold medal with 42 points.
The competition in the Mathematical Olympiad is very fierce, and often 1 point of the team determines whether you can win the team gold medal.
Not to mention adding such an international-level mathematician would directly occupy a perfect spot, which would greatly improve team morale and would be unfair to other teams.
Last year, only 5 people got full marks in the entire competition. The year before last was even more terrifying, with only 2 people getting full marks! !
But another group of people believe that the Mathematical Olympiad competition is only for high school students to participate. No matter how great achievements Shen Huan has made in mathematics, he is still a sophomore in high school, so according to the rules, it is allowed.
You cannot ignore the rules and exclude other students from the examination room just because they are too smart.
You must abide by the rules before they are modified, otherwise all the rules will be meaningless.
In the end, it was the latter group of people who gained more support, so Shen Huan was able to participate.
In fact, Shen Huan completed the three questions on the first day very easily in this examination room, and it only took about an hour in total.
Then he put the test paper upside down on the table, picked up paper and pen, and started writing and drawing again.
Professor Greg couldn't bear it any longer and walked over.
He picked up the test paper covered by Shen Huan and took a look at it. It was densely covered with proofs and calculation processes.
Greg is not a member of the organizing committee and has no idea what the topics are, and he is not very interested in these topics.
Seeing that Shen Huan had finished the questions so quickly, Greg turned to look at what he was doing.
"Are you... reasoning about the 'Shen Huan Conjecture'?" Greg was a little surprised when he saw the familiar graphics and reasoning process.
The letters between Shen Huan and international professors, as well as the topics they discussed, have long been compiled and published in various professional newspapers and magazines around the world.
This also allows people to see Shen Huan's genius mathematical thinking and his steps towards proof.
Even the great mathematicians who were discussing with Shen Huan are very excited now, and they all look forward to their continued arguments with Shen Huan to find the "Shen Huan Conjecture" as the key to unlocking "Fermat's Last Theorem" as soon as possible.
Greg has been looking at this information, but now he didn't expect to see Shen Huan doing this on the spot.
"Yes." Shen Huan raised his head, "I happened to have some inspiration in the examination room, so I just do a little bit. What if I can break through the obstacles?"
Greg was speechless.
He looked at the group of candidates next to him who were either thinking hard or writing furiously, and couldn't help but sigh.
Greg thought to himself, everyone was working hard to do the competition questions in order to get good grades, but it turned out that you were lucky enough to finish the questions in a few seconds, and then you actually started the greatest mathematical research in this examination room.
With such ease and effort regardless of the occasion, I really don’t know what to say to Greg.
"Mr. Shen." Greg used the honorific title. "I know that you are now close to one of the great crowns of mathematics, 'Fermat's Last Theorem.' If I ask you to predict it, you can prove it within the next ten years." ?"
"Ten years is too long." Shen Huan said with a faint smile, "I can feel it right in front of me. I just need to calm down and take it step by step carefully, and then it will come naturally. It unfolds in front of us.”
Shen Huan's energetic answer was not beyond Greg's expectation.
Somehow, when Shen Huan said this, Greg felt at ease.
He felt that there should be hope that "Fermat's Last Theorem" could be solved in his lifetime.
"Then, I wish you can solve the problem as soon as possible and truly pick this crown!" Greg said with enthusiasm and respect.
"I will work hard!"
Shen Huan nodded and said seriously.
Proving "Fermat's Last Theorem" will reward you!
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