From small town academic to chief scientist

Zhou Yi had just submitted all the information and registration fees when he found a message from his teammates.

"Senior, what do we need to do? Although we are from the School of Liberal Arts, we have also learned about some mathematical modeling processes online. Although we are not familiar with the two processes of modeling and programming, writing is our strength. , our college entrance examination Chinese is all 130+, so we may have certain skills in writing.”

After reading it, Zhou Yi replied:

"You don't have to worry about writing. I am responsible for it all. You just need to attend on time. Well, bring your laptop."

"Ouch, okay, thank you for your hard work, senior~"

Xia Xue replied.

Are you kidding me, a freshman can use LaTeX to edit mathematical formulas? Can you do typesetting? Can you do various complex data tables, various data graphics processing, and professional mathematical terminology?

They don't know any of these.

Even some sophomore mathematics students may not be able to.

I can't understand the models and programs, and I can't even write a paper if I want to.

Think writing mathematical modeling is easy?

No, in some ways, it is precisely the three positions that matter the most.

Not only do you need to have a deep understanding of the mathematical models created by modeling students, but you also need to have a clear understanding of the programs written by programming students.

Finally, you have to combine these things to complete a paper.

There is a saying that has been circulating in mathematical modeling competitions. To win the national award, you need strength, but to win the city (provincial) award, you need to be successful in writing a paper.

They were asked to bring computers because the Zhouyi computer was a desktop computer that cost more than a thousand pieces to assemble. It might not be easy to operate in the computer room. It would be best to have a laptop with better performance to run the program.

Zhou Yi thought for a while and decided to gather a group of three people, which at least looked decent.

As for the instructor, Zhou Yi already has an idea. Just look for the teacher with a score of three. The name left with Teacher Tang is also his.

However, the previous teacher knew that he brought two junior girls from the liberal arts college who knew nothing, so he wondered if he would kill him.

But Teacher Ma must be notified of this matter, otherwise there are not enough teachers to guide them, and it will be miserable without an instructor.

Not long after, Zhou Yi sent the situation of his team,

After a while, Teacher Ma replied: "..., what do you think?"

He liked this student Zhou Yi very much. He was down-to-earth, diligent, and inquisitive. He didn't have the impetuous aura of those born in 1900.

He is a very motivated student.

But now he actually brings two liberal arts students who don't know anything. This is simply outrageous. It's outrageous to open the door for outrageous things. It's outrageous.

"My former teammates abandoned me,"

After Zhou Yi finished explaining what happened, Teacher Ma replied:

"Okay, let's just treat it as a practice this time. Let's find teammates next year. Winning the prize next year won't affect my studies. It can also be regarded as accumulating some experience for the US competition."

Obviously Teacher Ma is not optimistic about Zhou Yi.

"Yeah, thank you, Teacher Ma."

After finishing the reply, Zhou Yi felt relieved.

I have teammates, I have a mentor, and everything is settled.

Now all I need to do is read the book.

Winning the national award, completing system tasks, and also winning rewards from the school.

8,000 for National I and 3,000 for National II;

It’s a lot of money in everyone’s hands.

Zhou Yi opened the information about LaTeX that he found from a certain group, a copy of "Introduction to LaTeX" written by Liu Haiyang.

One is the information named "lshort-zh-cn".

"lshort-zh-cn" is the answer to some simplified and after-school exercises in "Introduction to LaTeX" written by teacher Liu Haiyang.

It is written by some people who specialize in LaTeX research and development, and the materials are all free and genuine.

Zhou Yi soon calmed down,

Focused on "lshort-zh-cn\

,""lshort-zh-cn" has a total of eight chapters and two appendices. After Zhou Yi awakened to the system, he understood some basic knowledge very quickly.

The first chapter describes the origin of LaTeX, the basic structure of the source code, and how to compile the source code to generate documents.

and editor selection,

There are many types of LaTeX editors, roughly divided into: LyX, TeXworks, TexStudio, WinEdt, Emacs, Sublime Text, Atom, Visual Studio Code and Overleaf.

Zhou Yi first learned about TexStudio and planned to use this editor, but when the time comes, he will also be able to use Overleaf.

Edit online, no download required.

TexStudio integrates editing and preview, which is more convenient to use. But the visual effect on Windows is not as good as on Linux.

WinEdt, which comes with CTeX, has relatively complete functions. You can download CTeX or install it separately.

However, Zhou Yi seemed to have heard from his teammates before that the WinEdt forum was closed.

Fortunately, LaTeX is free software, and so is the editor, otherwise Zhou Yi might choose Word directly.

In mathematics departments, or even science majors, writing papers using Word is generally at the bottom of the contempt chain.

Zhou Yi read very quickly,

It's almost a page per minute, and you can understand it at a glance, as if that's how it should be.

The writing of various programs, the reference of macro packages, and the environment included in LaTeX are used to make some effects take effect locally or to generate special document elements, which can be done almost at a glance.

Before I knew it, an hour and a half had passed.

Zhou Yi also browsed to the bottom of the file, still feeling that he still had more to say.

"lshort-zh-cn" is indeed only suitable for newcomers. After reading it, it is not only enough for writing ordinary digital and analog papers, but also with the special template, it is enough for writing master's thesis.

If you still need in-depth study, you need to visit the (CTAN) site. Various macro packages can also be obtained from the website and various mirror sites around the world.

Zhou Yi thought about the system silently in his heart,

"System. Submit subtask one of task two."

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing task two and sub-task one. Congratulations to the host for gaining 100 math subject experience, ten focus capsules, and twenty points."

"Would you like to extract ten concentration capsules?"

Zhou Yi looked at Yang Shuai who was typing on the keyboard and the squad leader who was dealing with various things. He found that they didn't notice him, so he replied,

"extract."

Not long after, Zhou Yi had an exquisite medicine in his hand, a round bottle with a radius of 3 cm, which contained ten crystal clear pills, a bit like Wangzai QQ candy.

"Ding, there are still half an hour left of the two hours of concentration time given by the system. Please use the time wisely. Do you want to pause?"

Zhou Yi secretly thought, no wonder he was able to get started with LaTeX so quickly, and his comprehension was greatly enhanced. He originally thought it was a benefit brought by the system, but it turned out that the system gave him two hours of concentration time.

"pause."

Zhou Yi replied directly without even thinking about it.

How could such precious time be wasted like this?

Any extra second wasted is a waste.

In a state of concentration, the brain's operating speed increases exponentially.

The understanding of various codes is simply terrifying.

Now, for the digital analog competition, Zhou Yi only needs to specialize in programming, and he can lead two pits by himself.

Zhou Yi looked at his current mathematical experience.

Mathematics: LV0, 150/1000; (Work hard to raise your math level to LV1, maybe you will discover a new world.)

Points: 20, (Points can be exchanged for some key knowledge, technology, drawings, or focus capsules.)