From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Of course, "it's just speaking English, it's not a big deal."

Lin Xiao waved his hand and didn't care. English is just a tool, and Chinese is his mother tongue.

Even though you can speak eight languages, you still have to use a Chinese dialect when you finally talk to your relatives?

When they heard Lin Xiao's words, Sun Yu and the others rolled their eyes.

That's what I said, but they can't do that 6 in English.

Just like this IMO, because it is an international competition, the papers they will use for the exam will actually be in Chinese, including the questions will also be in Chinese. The test papers are translated into English and then corrected by the test paper marking team.

After all, it is an Olympic competition, and the emphasis is on the Olympic spirit. It would be unfair if contestants from some countries could not even understand the questions due to language barriers.

"Then what did you talk to this boss about?"

Leaving aside the matter of English, Sun Yu simply asked: "I just searched, and this boss is the winner of the Fields Medal in 1974, the Fields Medal, a bunch of awesome."

"Oh, he said that I helped him solve a regret, so he came to me specifically to express his thanks."

"What? You don't even know him, so why did you help him solve his regrets?"

Lin Xiao briefly explained the reason: "It's my thesis. He also studied this problem before, but he didn't solve it. Now I figured it out, and my method..."

Sun Yu and the others: "..."

"It means that even the Fields Medal winners didn't have a direction to figure it out, so you figured it out?"

"Lin Shen, to be honest, if you go to the International Congress of Mathematicians this year, will they give you the Fields Medal?"

Lin Xiao laughed: "What are you guessing? My question is not worthy of the Fields Medal."

"Lin Shen is humble."

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes, "Okay, stop talking, watch the opening ceremony, the opening ceremony has begun."

Seeing this, several other people stopped talking and watched the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was just like that. First, the IMO chairman and guests gave speeches, and then there were performances and so on.

Lin Xiao was not interested in these things, so he thought about how to proceed in the next few steps if he used the method of modular form theory in his mind.

"I have to change the form again, otherwise, I can't express those figures."

Lin Xiao recalled the inspirations that popped up in his mind when he chatted with Professor Pompieri just now. The inspirations must be grasped, otherwise, they will be fleeting.

In this way, time passed slowly, and Lin Xiao completely sank into his own brainstorming, forgetting about the opening ceremony in front of him.

Although his research on modular formalism is not in-depth, he is still able to reinterpret some theories in modular formalism based on the impression in his mind, so as to continue to broaden his thinking.

After an unknown amount of time, when the opening ceremony was over and Lin Xiao was pushed by Sun Yu next to him, he regained his senses and returned to the hotel together.

The exam officially started at 09:30 tomorrow morning, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening when they returned to the hotel, and it was almost time to rest.

However, Lin Xiao didn't worry about the game tomorrow morning at all. He returned to his room and read the papers related to modular form theory to expand his knowledge and see if he could apply it to his own research.

In this way, he didn't go to bed until twelve o'clock in the evening.

……

Chapter 81 Challenge from Team USA players

On July 7, at 9:08 in the morning, the first day of the 30th International Mathematical Olympiad exams arrived as scheduled, and candidates began to enter.

The examination venue is the Cluj-Napoca multifunctional stadium, which will also be the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies. There was originally a standard football field in the middle, but now the turf on it has been replaced with a smooth floor. There are more than 600 tables and chairs, and candidates' information is also placed on the tables for candidates to confirm their seats.

At this time, the team leaders from various countries also brought their players to the entrance, and the Hua Guo team also arrived. Chen Qiusheng, as the deputy team leader, began to give Lin Xiao and the other six the final emphasis.

"Okay, the game will start right away, you can just play as usual, I won't say much about the rest, remember, you must check carefully, and don't give me wrong numbers, Zou Ziyi, it's just you, don't look around, Every time you write that '8', write it carefully for me, the '8' must be sealed, if you write 6 again at that time, then you will lose your own points."

"Also, when we take the domestic exam, we get 21 points for one question, which is in line with our habits. In the IMO competition, we only get 7 points for one question, and 42 points for six questions. If you make a small mistake, you can get 1 point. It is equal to 42/[-] of the total score and it is gone."

"Do you know?"

"understood!"

The five people other than Lin Xiao responded.

Chen Qiusheng looked at Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao seemed to be thinking about something and didn't hear what he just said.

But in fact, he found that Lin Xiao remained like this all the way.

He couldn't help asking: "Lin Xiao? What are you thinking?"

"Ah? Oh, I see." Lin Xiao responded as if he had just realized it, "I didn't think about it."

Chen Qiusheng shook his head and did not continue to ask, but he still reminded: "Don't be distracted during the exam later. Whether we can get a perfect score this year depends on you."

"Don't worry." Lin Xiao made an OK gesture.

Chen Qiusheng stopped talking, and then said: "Okay, there is no need to emphasize anything else, you are the six most outstanding students in Huaguo this year, and I hope you can continue to be so outstanding in this competition. go."

After speaking, he pointed to the examinee entrance over there.

The six of Lin Xiao nodded, and then walked towards the entrance. As for Chen Qiusheng, he walked towards the entrance of the deputy team leader on the other side. When the game starts later, he will stay in the audience seat next to him, observing Candidates' situation.

There was even a deputy team leader next to him with binoculars, as if he ran over to watch football.

Soon, the six of Lin Xiao also came to the entrance. First, they submitted relevant materials to the staff to confirm their identities, and then checked whether they were carrying electronic devices or other things, and then let them enter.

Because the exam started at 09:30, it was only around [-]:[-], so it was still early, and the staff did not ask them to be seated.

In the examination room, most of the contestants were still chatting, and some contestants simply lay down on the table to catch up on sleep.

However, probably at the opening ceremony last night, the conversation between Lin Xiao and Professor Pompieri left a deep impression on many students present, especially the contestants who were close and heard their conversation clearly. At this time, he couldn't help turning his eyes to Lin Xiao.

This competitor gave them a feeling like facing a boss.

It's just that Lin Xiao turned a blind eye to these gazes, part of his attention was on finding his seat, and the other part of his attention continued to focus on the problems in his mind.

What he thought about along the way was naturally the distribution of Mersenne prime numbers.

After sorting out last night, he already had some preliminary ideas and a certain amount of inspiration, but there was still an invisible gap between him and his ultimate goal.

He can only continue to read some related papers, and by the way, look forward to the incomplete version of the "Secrets of the Ancestors" that Professor Pompieri will give him at that time.

"Lin Shen, what were you thinking just now? You won't see any beautiful sister?"

At this time, Sun Yu next to him asked.

Hearing Sun Yu's words, Lin Xiao glared at him angrily, and said, "You're the only one who talks too much."

And then, he still stopped thinking. It was inconvenient to just do the calculations in his mind. After all, not all problems can be done by mental calculation.

And Ouyang Sheng who was next to him patted Sun Yu on the shoulder and said, "Do you think Lin Shen likes that kind of vulgar people?"

Li Boyuan: "Lin Shen has already surpassed the limits of human beings, and is no longer human."

Hu Zichao: "Tell me, Lin Shen, how long do you plan to finish today, two hours, or one and a half hours?"

Lin Xiao said, "One hour."

"Lin Shen, you are being humble... what, an hour?"

At first, I thought that Lin Xiao would definitely not answer directly, but Hu Zichao was about to say some clichés, but unexpectedly, Lin Xiao really answered directly, and it was still an hour?

Several people swallowed their saliva: "As expected of Lin Shen."

However, at this moment, a voice came from the side: "'I mean a smile'? You mean an hour?"

The first four characters are in broken Chinese, while the latter words are in fluent English.

Lin Xiao and the others turned their heads and saw six contestants in blue uniforms coming in front of them.

Four of them are of Chinese descent, while the other two are of Indian descent and one is of brown ethnicity.

Lin Xiao and the others quickly recognized that these six were players from the US team.

And the person who spoke to them just now was one of them of Chinese descent.

Lin Xiao said suspiciously: "Sorry, what did you say?"

"Please speak English, otherwise I don't understand what you mean, thank you." The Chinese continued to speak, but after he finished speaking, he shook his head again and said, "Forget it, maybe you don't want to tell me, but you can Please don't think I came here with malice."

"As you can see, I am a member of the American team, James-Lin. In Chinese, my surname is '林'. I heard your chat with Professor Pompieri yesterday, and I know that you are even in the "Annals of Mathematics" , so I wonder how big the gap is between us.”

"You just said that you will finish today's question within an hour. I have to admit that I can't guarantee that I can finish it within an hour, but I can still guarantee it within two hours."

"Then, let's take two hours as our final time. I will hand in the paper on time in two hours, and then compare our results."

"I don't know if you agree or not?"

Chapter 82 The realm is different

Of course, Lin Xiao could understand what this man said. He could have a fluent conversation with Professor Pompieri in the field of mathematics, so naturally he didn't even know these everyday expressions.

He responded in Chinese at first because he thought he was looking for trouble.

After watching so many American movies, it is well known that American students like campus bullying. Who knows if the other party will do the same thing when they come here.

Of course, if they really want to fight, they won't be afraid. Just say Ouyang Sheng, although this guy concentrates on studying mathematics, he also likes to play basketball. He is at least 1.8 meters tall. As for Lin Xiao himself With a height of 1.7 meters 1.8, wearing a shoe with a slightly thicker sole, it will be [-] meters tall, and the others are not easy to bully.

However, Lin Xiao smiled when he heard that this person was not looking for trouble, but proposed a competition instead.

It's not here to cause trouble, so it's easy to say, as for the competition?

He waved his hand and said directly: "There is no need for two hours, I can do it for one hour. As for you, you can do whatever you want. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. After all, you represent your American team. Oh, yes, today and tomorrow It's all the same, I only use-"

"One hour."

This time, Lin Xiao used English.

And this James Lin also understood.

He didn't know what to say for a moment.

He didn't know whether to say that Lin Xiao was crazy or bragging, but thinking that he was the one who could be invited to give a report at the International Congress of Mathematicians, he couldn't say anything doubtful.

It's like facing a big boss. Whatever the big boss says, you have to say "ah, right, right." As for questioning the big boss?It takes courage and enough self-confidence to deny the boss.

However, his teammates obviously don't have such a good temper.

Three questions in one hour, IMO?

Tao Zhexuan was not so awesome back then, and Tao Zhexuan didn’t even get full marks. Of course, Tao Zhexuan participated in three times in three years when he was 10 to 12 years old. There is no comparison, but Lin Xiao speaks so wildly. Akatsuki was provoking them.

Of course, this is the IMO arena. If you quarrel, you will be kicked out of the exam room, so they didn't make any noise, but just asked: "Then what if you can't do it in an hour?"

Lin Xiao glanced at the person who was asking the question, and said, "Can't it be done in an hour? Maybe it will be done in five to ten minutes, maybe four to ten minutes?"

"you……"

"Okay." James Lin stopped his teammates' impulse, then took a deep look at Lin Xiao, and said, "Then it's settled, I hope I can see you get up and leave within an hour of the game. "

Lin Xiao nodded slightly, "You will see."

James Lin nodded, and then pulled his teammates away from here.

The tall brown man among his teammates, seeing James Lin stop himself, he couldn't help saying: "Lin, why don't you let me talk?"

"Don't have a dispute here, don't forget what Emily told us, follow the rules." James Lin said.

"But he said it would be finished in an hour, do you believe me?"

"Then if someone told you before that there was a Huaguo high school student who not only received an invitation to the International Conference of Mathematicians, but also gave a report on stage, would you believe it?"

"This..." The brown teammate didn't know what to say.

Before, he didn't seem to believe that such a pervert existed.

"So, don't think too much, let's wait and see if he can leave the examination room within an hour."

"understood."

……

On the other side, watching the American team walk away, Sun Yu and the others couldn't help asking Lin Xiao: "What did they say just now?"

Looking at the dark-skinned guy next to him just now, it seemed that he was about to hit Lin Xiao. They were all ready to protect Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao said speechlessly: "So, all of you, you should practice your English more in the future."

Then he briefly said that the person just now came to challenge him, and Sun Yu and the others couldn't help laughing.

"Is that guy here looking for abuse?"