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Chapter 168 The Qiu Race Begins

Saturday, April 3.

Yau Shing Tong College Mathematics Contest officially starts today.

This is also the audition for the semi-finals, that is, the written test stage, a total of two days, today and tomorrow.

Earlier, after Chen Zhou submitted his thesis, he and Zhao Qiqi had been paying attention to the information of this competition.

On March 3, after the information about the test center arrangement came out, several people sent basic information such as their names, mobile phone numbers, and participating subjects to the mailbox of the test center contact person by email as required.

According to the test center arrangement, Chen Zhou and his Yanjing University candidates were all assigned to the test center of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences, and took the exam at the Morningside Mathematics Center of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences.

This place is very close to Yenching University, only two or three kilometers away, and only two stops by bus.

Therefore, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi still followed the habit-forming plan they made, and went for a morning jog when they got up in the morning.

After running, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi went to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

Just like before the start of the UPC, Chen Zhou felt that many strange eyes were watching them again.

Since the upsurge of the previous UPC awards ceremony, and with the end of his final exam, the attention of him and Yang Yiyi at Yanda has gradually decreased.

But now, why does he have the feeling of being watched wherever he goes?
Is it because of participating in a Qiu competition?
Chen Zhou doesn't think so, there is a precedent for UPC, it should be very common for them to participate in the competition, it is impossible to attract everyone's attention...

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou was ready to discuss with Yang Yiyi,
However, before he could speak, he was interrupted by a voice.

"Come on young couple, I wish you a great start in today's competition."

Yang Yiyi greeted the speaker with a smile: "Yurou, come and eat together."

The person who spoke was You Yurou who also came to have breakfast after running.

You Yurou sat next to Yang Yiyi with a plate, she smiled and asked, "Do you two feel being watched again? It's strange why a Qiu Sai has attracted everyone's attention again?"

Chen Zhou asked strangely, "How do you know?"

Yang Yiyi also looked at her and asked, "Yurou, do you know what's going on?"

You Yurou smiled mysteriously, took out her phone, and handed it to Yang Yiyi: "Hey, Yiyi, look at this."

Yang Yiyi took the phone in doubt.

On the phone, there was a post on the Yanda Campus Network.

The content of the post is about this contest.

To be precise, the most important stakeholders are Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi.

The author of the post organized a voting event for the Qiu competition, asking everyone to vote for the gold medalists in the team competition and individual competition.

Since the team competition was the sum of the results of five people, although Chen Zhou and his team ranked first, the advantage in votes was not obvious.

As for the individual competition, without any surprises, Chen Zhou ranked first in the five individual competitions with a high vote rate.

But what is surprising is that Yang Yiyi, a non-mathematics candidate from the Department of Physics, ranked second only to Chen Zhou in the votes for the two subjects of Analysis and Partial Differential Equations and Geometry and Topology that she reported. second.

Of course, these are not the main reasons for concern.

The main reason is that the hot discussion below the post.

At the beginning, it was normal to discuss the mathematics level of each contestant.

Then, somehow, the building tilted.

And the more crooked the more serious.

It starts with whether Yang Yiyi, a non-mathematics candidate, can get a good ranking.

Most people think that Yang Yiyi must be the same as Chen Zhou, strong in mathematics.

Then Yang Yiyi didn't go to the mathematics department to minor in mathematics just because of Chen Zhou.

In the end, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi, who can win the gold medal?Is it love and death between lovers, or will one person give in?
Maybe the posters didn't expect that this voted post would turn into an explosive post discussing whether "Peerless Twins" fell in love and killed each other...

After reading the content on the phone, Yang Yiyi handed the phone to Chen Zhou, and blinked at him: "Do you still remember when we talked about the gold medal in Qiu Sai, I asked you to show mercy?"

Chen Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then quickly took the phone and looked at the content on it.

After reading it, Chen Zhou returned the phone to You Yurou, shook his head, and said with a soft smile: "These people can actually come up with all kinds of analysis..."

Yang Yiyi also smiled and said, "But it's all well-founded."

Hearing Yang Yiyi's words, Chen Zhou looked at Yang Yiyi, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Looking at the appearances of the two, You Yurou asked curiously: "It seems that you have discussed this topic a long time ago. What is the result of the discussion? Is it to compete for the gold medal based on strength, or who will give in automatically?"

Chen Zhou didn't speak, but Yang Yiyi said what Chen Zhou said earlier: "What's mine is his, and what's his is mine, there's no difference."

Hearing this, Chen Zhou understood what Yang Yiyi meant, of course, this was also what he meant.

Since what is mine is yours, what is yours is mine.

Then, no matter who gets the gold medal in the end, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi will be happy for each other.

It's just that You Yurou didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. She looked at the two of them suspiciously: "Which of you can explain to me? How should I understand this sentence?"

Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi said in unison: "The literal meaning is easy to understand."

You Yurou: "..."

After the three of them finished their breakfast and left, they didn't know that their conversation was also edited into a new reply, which was posted on Yanda's campus website.

Suddenly, early in the morning, under this voting post, heated discussions began.

Separated from Yang Yiyi in the dormitory area, Chen Zhou returned to the dormitory and handed the breakfast to the three brothers.

Then, start packing what you need for today's exam.

ID and student ID, and black fountain pen.

After Chen Zhou's inspection was completed, he waited for a while, and Zhao Qiqi, Zhu Mingli, and Li Li also finished their breakfast, and gave Chen Zhou a look ready to go.

Chen Zhou glanced at the time, it was 7:40 in the morning.

There are still 50 minutes before the first team competition exam in the morning, enough time for them to arrive at the exam room.

The team competition exam starts before the individual competition.

Exam hours are from 9:12 am to 8:[-] pm, but the required entry time is [-]:[-] am.

Because, before the start of the team competition test, it is necessary to register the team members arriving at the test room.

Moreover, the list of candidates and their seat numbers are posted outside the examination room, and their respective seat numbers cannot be known until they arrive at the examination room.

Chen Zhou looked away from his watch, raised his head, glanced at Zhao Qiqi and the three of them, and said softly, "Let's go."

Chen Zhou took the lead, and they walked out of the dormitory together.

I don't know if it was because of Chen Zhou, but they received a lot of attention from passing students.

When leaving the dormitory building, the dormitory auntie also said aloud: "Boys, let's work hard for the competition!"

Chen Zhou smiled and nodded to his aunt.

Zhao Qiqi said: "Auntie, just watch it, our brother Chen will definitely bring back a stack of gold medals..."

Outside the dormitory building, Yang Yiyi was waiting for several people.

The five members of the group reunited, left the school together, took the No. 26 bus, and headed for the Morningside Mathematics Center of Huaguo Academy of Sciences.

When we got there, it was exactly 8:10.

The five Chen Zhou found the location of the examination room along the guideposts set up by the Math Center for this competition.

At the person in charge of the competition, Chen Zhou and the five took out their ID cards and student ID cards to register.

There are two test rooms in the mathematics center, which are classroom 1308 and classroom 1318 in the management and scientific research building.

Chen Zhou and the others are all managing the examination room in classroom 1308 of the scientific research building in the mathematics center.

According to the seat number posted outside 1308, Chen Zhou and others entered the examination room and sat down, waiting for the start of the team competition.

Chen Zhou noticed that the eyes of the surrounding students drifted to them from time to time.

"It seems that these are all Yanda students..." Chen Zhou muttered in his heart.

At 8:[-] in the morning, all candidates arrived at the examination room.

Outside the examination room, there was a small queue at the registration area.

There is no way, there are only two people in charge of registration. Candidates who come late can only wait in line slowly.

At around 8:45, all candidates registered and entered classroom 1308.

Afterwards, one of the persons in charge of the test center of the Morningside Mathematics Center of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences came in to read out the disciplinary questions for the test.

In particular, it is emphasized that in the subsequent individual competitions, if you are 15 minutes late for each exam, you will be disqualified from the exam.

After he finished talking about the discipline of the examination room, he also talked about the upcoming team competition.

The team competition is from 9:9 to [-]:[-], that is, half an hour before the start of the exam, which is the discussion time.

During this period of time, team members can discuss the topics of the five subjects in the team competition, and then reasonably allocate the subjects that each person is responsible for.

From 9:12 to [-]:[-] is the time for answering questions. This period is the same as that of the individual competition.

During the answering period, mutual discussion is no longer allowed.

Therefore, if there is any problem, it must be communicated reasonably within the discussion time.

After the person in charge finished speaking, there were still 3 minutes left before he began to arrange for the distribution of test papers.

The test papers for the team competition are separate from those for the individual competition. The five subjects are written separately, and each subject has six questions.

Candidates are asked to choose five of the six questions to answer.

It is worth mentioning that the test paper is in English, and the answer requirements are also in English.

The test papers were distributed, and the time just reached 9:[-] in the morning.

With the sign of the person in charge, the 2015th Yau Shing Tong College Students Mathematics Competition in [-] officially started.

At the same time, candidates from all over Huaguo participating in the team competition of the Qiu competition began to discuss the distribution of test questions for this team competition.

Yang Yiyi, Zhao Qiqi, Zhu Mingli, and Li Li consciously gathered around Chen Zhou. With Chen Zhou as the core, they began to discuss the allocation of subjects.

Chen Zhou glanced at a few people, and asked softly, "Is there any problem?"

Yang Yiyi and Li Li nodded first, indicating that there is no problem.

Then Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli said at the same time: "Chen Zhou (brother), don't worry, we have prepared for such a long time, and we will never delay!"

Chen Zhou smiled at them: "Then there is nothing to discuss. According to our plan in advance, Yiyi is in charge of analysis and partial differential equations, Li Li is in charge of geometry and topology, Qiqi is in charge of probability and statistics, and Lao Zhu in Applied and Computational Mathematics, and finally I was in Algebra and Number Theory."

After Chen Zhou's words fell, Yang Yiyi and the others nodded at the same time, and they were about to take the test papers and go back to wait for the answers.

Chen Zhou stopped the four of them, and said slowly, "I'll read the paper first."

After finishing speaking, before the four of them could speak, Chen Zhou picked up the test paper of the subject of "Analysis and Partial Differential Equations" and looked down one by one.

If it was the past, Chen Zhou would definitely have a headache secretly.

Because the topic is in English.

But the current Chen Zhou would not.

Because after he finished his dissertation, his English is no longer the English of the year.

Looking at these simple test questions in English, there is no problem at all.

The first question is a proof question.

[If Φ∈C([a, b], R), assuming each function h∈C([a, b]R), h(a)=h(b)=0, then a→b∫Φ (x)h(x)dx=0.Please prove that Φ(x)=0. 】

The topic is short and the message is simple.

But unlike the UPC competition the questions are short but hard.

This question is really simple, at least Chen Zhou can think of many ways to solve it quickly.

Skipping this question, Chen Zhou continued to look down, and quickly finished the 6 questions of "Analysis and Partial Differential Equations".

He felt that there was nothing worth emphasizing, so he handed the test paper to Yang Yiyi, and only said with a warm smile, "Come on!"

Then there is the test paper of "Geometry and Topology".

After Chen Zhou finished reading, he first glanced at Li Li, then at the test paper, then handed the test paper to Li Li, and said a few words: "Pay attention to questions 4 and 5. For you, it should be no problem. What a problem."

Li Li took the test paper, glanced at it, and nodded slightly: "Don't worry."

Then there is "Probability and Statistics".

After reading it, Chen Zhou handed the test paper to Zhao Qiqi without saying anything.

Zhao Qiqi looked at Chen Zhou who had already picked up the "Applied and Computational Mathematics" test paper, and said in a low voice, "Brother Chen, don't you tell me to order something?"

Chen Zhou glanced at him, and said slowly: "I have nothing to ask, I believe in your ability."

Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Zhao Qiqi nodded solemnly: "Brother Chen, if you trust me, I will never hold back!"

After speaking, Zhao Qiqi took the test paper and read it aside.

Chen Zhou looked at Zhao Qiqi's appearance and smiled silently. This "probability and statistics" test paper is really not difficult.

Relatively speaking, he felt that the difficulty of Wu Xiping's score test paper at the end of last semester was much more difficult than this.

As long as he is careful and does not make small mistakes in details, Chen Zhou really believes that Zhao Qiqi can get a perfect score in this test paper.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Chen Zhou quickly glanced at the last test paper.

There was no big problem. Chen Zhou mentioned the points that need to be paid attention to in the two questions, and then handed the test paper to Zhu Mingli.

After Zhu Mingli took the test paper, Chen Zhou coughed lightly, and focused the eyes of Yang Yiyi and the others on him.

He thought for a while, and finally emphasized the content of the answer: "When answering the question, don't ignore the so-called obvious steps."

"Especially for the simple test questions, when everyone can get it right, then the steps to answer the questions are the details."

"Be sure to deduce it step by step, and don't skip steps. If you skip a key step, points may be deducted."

Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Yang Yiyi and the others were thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)