As for why the little brother suddenly cried, Lin Xiao, a monk who was only two feet tall, couldn't figure it out.
He probably wouldn't have thought that this was actually because the little brother's previous self-confidence was shattered by his own tricks.
But no matter what, his relatives did not blame him. Instead, they gave him a scolding. The general meaning was, "Why are you crying? It scares your brother Lin Xiao."
There was no way, when Lin Xiao was really promising, these relatives basically turned to him.
Of course, the most important thing is that the little brother doesn't want to say why he is crying. He can't say that Lin Xiao was too inappropriate when doing the questions and then hit himself.
This is too embarrassing.
After that, Lin Xiao found that his little brother didn't even dare to look at him anymore, and even avoided him no matter what he did, which only made him more confused.
He...didn't he just accidentally use functional analysis to solve a junior high school question? Why does he think of himself like that?
Is it that scary?
With this confusion, Lin Xiao finally left her relatives' house after having a meal here and continued to spend the following Spring Festival holiday.
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Time passed quickly, and the ten-day New Year's holiday finally passed. Of course, for Lin Xiao, there was no problem of not getting past it, because he still enjoyed the privilege of not having to go to class.
Of course, for most students who have been admitted to university, they basically don’t have to go to class at all. Many of these top-level students have even begun to enjoy their summer vacation in advance.
Just like that, we arrived in mid-to-late March.
The second phase of the National Mathematics Team Selection Competition was reported on March 18. Lin Xiao and Sun Yu formed a team again. Under the leadership of the Qin Provincial Mathematical Society, they came to the registration location, the Second Affiliated Middle School of East China Normal University.
Needless to say, there will be an opening ceremony on the 19th, exams on the 20th and 21st, and then we will continue with lectures and the like.
Lin Xiao had lost interest in competitive exams and such lectures, and still focused on undergraduate mathematics books.
Another month has passed, and he has naturally read a lot more mathematics books, and now he has begun to study topology.
Topology is a very interesting mathematical subject. I believe many of you have seen a video in which a wire plug is wrapped around a table leg. For ordinary people, to get the plug out, you basically have to lift the table and then put it back on.
Get the plug out, but for the knot theory in topology, there is no need to lift the table at all.
Because this rope is actually still in a space, its two knots a and b are equivalent if and only if they can be transformed into each other through the composite of a finite number of Reidemeister transformations.
After proving the equivalence, some method can be used to transform it back into a one-dimensional straight line without kinks.
Of course, topology is still very difficult and requires relatively high talent, especially strong spatial imagination. For example, watching the video of taking out the wire plug from the table leg, some people will probably just imagine it after watching it once or twice.
You can figure out how to twist it out, and some people may still be confused after watching it nine or ten times.
As for Lin Xiao's talent, it goes without saying that his talent is comprehensive, so he can learn topology very quickly.
Of course, learning these college mathematics is one thing. For this selection competition, Lin Xiao still has to devote some energy to deal with it. It will take at least one or two hours every day, right?
Otherwise, it would be too disrespectful to the national team.
So Lin Xiao would still reluctantly do a few questions every day to show respect.
As for exams and so on, of course it’s Gangandandan (simple).
So, at 10:00 a.m. on March 28, the closing ceremony of the second phase of selection began.
"The final results are based on the final average scores of a total of four exams in the first and second phases. Next, I will announce the six students who finally stood out from the sixty training team members."
On the rostrum, an honorary director from the Chinese Mathematical Society said into the microphone.
At this time, the fifteen mathematical geniuses in the audience who entered the second stage of selection, except for Lin Xiao and a few two students who were completely sure, everyone held their breath.
"First place, classmate Lin Xiao, scored 126 points in all four times, with an average score of 126 points. Congratulations on becoming the first student in the history of our training team to have perfect scores in all four selection exams. I believe you can do the same.
In the International Olympiad Mathematics Competition, aim for a gold medal for our country!"
Dozens of participants in the conference room all applauded, and at the same time they couldn't help but sigh. The second selection test was even more difficult than the first. In the end, Lin Xiao was still able to get full marks. It's really unbelievable.
I know what will happen to this student after he enters college.
Maybe, the seniors in mathematics who are present here will only be able to call themselves seniors in front of Lin Xiao for a few years.
However, they all have the same idea in their hearts, that is, they really hope that the more geniuses like Hua Guo, the better.
I only hope that God will be brave enough to send talents of all kinds.
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After that, the honorary director continued to announce the other five contestants. The second place was Ouyang Sheng, with an average score of 121 points. In this round of selection exams, he also scored 126 points in one game, and his talent was also very high. He was completely
You can get a gold medal.
Of course, although you win a gold medal, you may not get a perfect score. In IMO competitions, sometimes the questions are simple and many people get full marks, but sometimes the questions are difficult and there are very few people who can get full marks. For example, in the 2017 IMO competition,
The Chinese team won five gold medals and one silver medal, but its highest score was only 32 points.
However, most people still believe that Lin Xiao can get full marks. If only one person in the Chinese team can get full marks, then that person must be Lin Xiao.
Subsequently, the names of the other four players were also reported one by one. Among them, Sun Yu, who came from Qin Province together with Lin Xiao, really entered the top six, ranking fifth.
In other words, this time the Chinese Mathematics National Team, Qin Province has really achieved an unprecedented breakthrough. Two players have entered the national team together and will represent China in the 59th IMO Competition!
After receiving the news, Lin Xiao also sent congratulations to Sun Yu. Now, the Qin Provincial Mathematical Society must be extremely happy, right?