I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 45 IMO First Day
"Andrew Wiles, in fact, I've heard of this name, a big bull in the field of contemporary mathematics." Shen Qi said, his eyes never took his eyes off Wiles on the podium.

Zhou Yuan took it for granted: "Nonsense, the winner of the Philippine Prize, proved the super difficult Fermat's Last Theorem, who has never heard of Wiles?"

"But we didn't know that this old man was Wiles!" The two of them said in unison.

"Such a big man still needs to go to the supermarket to buy salad dressing in person?" Shen Qi expressed doubts, a small boss like his father never went to the supermarket, he just ordered his subordinates to do what he wanted to buy.

"Hey, Shen Qi, Zhou Yu'an, what are you two mumbling about? Are you familiar with Professor Wiles?" the deputy leader asked.

Shen Qi shook his head: "I'm not familiar with it, but I know that Professor Wiles is an expert in mathematics. He has quite deep skills, and he may be the number one expert in the local area."

"What do you mean? Be quiet. Listen to Professor Wiles reading out the rules of the competition. It is very rare for the organizing committee to invite him to be the leader of the jury group." equipment.

"I never imagined that in the same city, there are weak chickens who can't do subtraction within 10, and there are also master-level masters in the mathematics world. The difference in strength is too great. Put on your earplugs and listen to Wiles read out the rules of the competition.

"...The rules of the competition are read out, children, the last thing I want to say is that where there is count, there is beauty, and we are doing a beautiful job that is worth our lives." Wiles's The last sentence is a quote from the Greek mathematician Proclus, who quoted it at the 1998 Philippine Awards ceremony and again today.

The auditorium roared with applause, and the British, foreigners, Europeans, Americans, Asians, players from various countries, the coaching team, and the security guards who maintained order, all paid their highest respect to Wiles.

People seem to forget that Wiles is not the protagonist of this IMO, he is just a judge, routinely reading out the rules of the competition.

But does it matter?
Shen Qi was deeply shocked. It turned out that he had achieved the highest level of knowledge in exchange for the supreme honor and the respect of the world. This honor and respect had no distinction of nationality, color or race.

"I really hope that one day, I can also achieve such great achievements as Professor Wiles. What is Guangzong Yaozu? This is called Guangzong Yaozu uniting the world."

Shen Qi felt that this trip abroad was very rewarding, and some scenes did not experience the immersive experience, and could not feel the vibration that touched the soul.

Professor Wiles poured a bowl of fierce chicken soup for more than 102 young players from 600 countries. Young talents from Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Australia were gearing up for the battle.

On the morning of July 7, the first day of this IMO competition kicked off. The competition venue was London South Bank University.

Professor Wiles, the head of the jury group, has clearly announced the competition rules and schedule. There are six questions in total, three questions on the test today and three questions on the test tomorrow, with 7 points for each question, and the full score is 42 points.

The competition time of each competition day is 4.5 hours. Any stationery and drawing tools can be brought. All electronic devices are not allowed to be brought into the competition field.

Due to the long competition time, each contestant can bring their own food and drink into the arena, and can bring no more than three reference materials.

Yes, this is an open-book exam, you can eat, drink, and turn over books.

It looks IMO very relaxed, similar to summer camp.

But is this really the case?

Obviously not.

The food that Shen Qi brought was muffins and bear biscuits, the drinks were mineral water and Red Bull bought in the local supermarket, and the three reference materials were "Introduction to Analysis", "The Art of Inference", "Analytical Geometry and Differential Geometry Research".

When Shen Qi got the test paper on the first day of the competition, he found that the three reference books were basically useless. The most useful ones were Bear Biscuits and Red Bull.

The three questions on the test paper on the first day have been translated into Chinese, and Shen Qi must solve the first question first, because it is a threshold question.

There is a line of cold Chinese characters printed on the scroll: "The first question, the threshold question. 7 points for correct answer to this question, -7 points for wrong answer and no answer."

The threshold question of the first question is really frustrating. You can get a maximum of 7 points if you answer correctly. If you answer incorrectly and leave it blank, do you think you can get 0 points?nonexistent.

See clearly, the threshold question is answered incorrectly and the answer is not answered -7 points.

That is to say, the bottom line of this IMO test paper is not 0, but -7.

A slight misstep is death.

I came all the way to Great Britain and came home with a negative grade, and asked if you were ashamed?
Zero duck eggs boiled over, and after waiting for a long time, I finally waited for today.

Shen Qi did not dare to be careless, he read the title of the threshold question for the third time:
"The Oxford math professor has three bright students, Tom, Jerry and Thomas."

"One day, the professor wants to test who is the smartest among the three students."

"The professor sticks a note on each of the three students' foreheads with numbers written on the note."

"Tom, Jerry and Thomas can see the numbers on the foreheads of the other two classmates, but they can't see the numbers on their own foreheads."

"The professor said that the numbers on the note on each of your foreheads are all positive integers, and that two numbers add up to another number. Then Tom, let me ask you, what is the number on your forehead?"

"Tom said, sorry professor, I don't know."

"The professor asked Jerry again, hey, Jerry, how about you, do you know what your numbers are?"

"Jerry said, sorry professor, I don't know."

"The professor continues to ask Thomas, dear Thomas, you are the only one left, what is your answer?"

"Thomas said, sorry professor, I don't know."

"It's okay, Tom, Jerry, and Thomas, let's do it again. The professor said."

"The second time, Tom and Jerry also couldn't say their number, but Thomas gave his number: 144."

"Professor nodded, congratulations Thomas, your answer is correct."

"If you understand the above short story, what are the numbers on Tom and Jerry's foreheads respectively ( ) and ( )."

The above is the whole content of the threshold question of the first question, 7 points for correct answer, -7 points for wrong answer and no answer.

Shen Qi knew that, in the face of this life-threatening problem, real variable functions and Stilches integrals, Cayley transition matrices and Weierstrass quadratic forms, hyperelliptic integrals and Abel's theorem... all profound Mathematical formulas, theorems, and inferences are all invalid.

This is a purely logical derivation question, which is set as a threshold question by the team leaders of 102 countries.

It won't work if you bring any reference books, the most useful ones should be junior high school math textbooks.

The necessary mathematical knowledge reserves are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within 500, and simple first-order equation solutions.

There are only two words left: brain power.

International rules don't seem to be the same as Chinese rules. Shen Qi doesn't have to think about it to know that their Chinese team leader must have voted against this threshold logic question, but the minority obeys the majority, and it is useless to vote against it.

Chinese students are strong in solving problems in a pattern, while the international community pays more attention to the logical thinking ability of young people.

Shen Qi fell into deep thought, and when he came to the international arena, he discovered that what he was not afraid of playing all over the world was not some esoteric theory, but the ninety-nine multiplication table and the simplest first-order equation.

With some ideas, he deduced three necessary conditions and listed a system of linear equations.

Next, whether to get 7 points or -7 points is purely brain-burning.

(End of this chapter)