From all-round academic master to chief scientist

As for why the little brother suddenly cried, Lin Xiao, a monk who was only two feet tall, couldn't figure out why.

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 didn't 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 so 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 accidentally solve a junior high school question using functional analysis? 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 letting go, because he still enjoyed the privilege of not having to go to class.

Of course, for most students who have been admitted to college, they basically have no need 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, it was 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 has lost interest in competitive exams and such lectures, and still focuses 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 people have seen a video in which a wire plug is wrapped around a table leg. For ordinary people, to get the plug out, it is basically to lift the table and then Get the plug out, but for knot theory in topology, there's 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.

Once the equivalence is proven, some method can be used to transform it back into a one-dimensional straight line without kinks.

Of course, topology is still difficult and requires high talent, especially strong spatial imagination. For example, if you watch 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 is still 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 60 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, all held their breath.

"The 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 get full marks in all four selection exams. I believe you can also 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. As a result, 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, these seniors in the mathematics community who are present 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 talents like Hua Guo, the better.

I only hope that God will be strong 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. Sometimes in the IMO competition, the questions are simple and more 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 might be extremely happy, right?

Why don't we give them more rewards or something?