Chapter 39 Sorry, I'm in a hurry
Last night, Xu You managed to spare several hours of his energy to study the national mathematics competition carefully.
Before this, Xu You had hardly ever come across any questions from the national finals.
In addition, since all his energy has been focused on physics recently, Xu You feels a little unfamiliar with mathematics.
Fortunately, the second level of deep learning status, coupled with the recent improvement in brain power.
This enabled Xu You to have extremely high learning efficiency.
Although it is not possible to understand all the parts of National Mathematics Exam 1 in just one night.
But at least, there is no problem in getting some points.
And through this evening of getting along with mathematics.
Xu You also felt the beauty of mathematics more and more.
Compared to physics, mathematics seems more pure.
Mathematics is a very important basic subject.
It is no exaggeration to say that mathematical knowledge can be applied to any problem in the real world.
It is like a master key, a key that can unlock any other type of knowledge.
In this regard, some people will definitely have this question: What is the use of mathematics?
We don’t use functions when buying groceries, so why do we have to learn them?
Indeed, for ordinary people, some basic mathematical knowledge is enough.
But for the entire human race.
Mathematics determines the upper limit of human civilization.
If human civilization is compared to a tall building, then mathematics can be said to be the foundation.
Underground, which ordinary people cannot see, are the skyscrapers that support human civilization.
Even at the moment, a mathematical theory may be meaningless and does not play any supporting role in the edifice of human civilization.
But one day in the future, it will surely demonstrate its value.
Soon, three hours passed.
Xu You has done his best and solved all the problems he could.
There were some questions that Xu You had no idea where to start because he hadn't learned them on his own yet.
Of course, under normal circumstances, even if there was little hope, Xu You would fight to the last minute.
But in order to go back earlier to continue preparing for the physics competition, Xu You decided to hand in the paper early.
Xu You raised his hand to signal the invigilator, indicating that he wanted to hand in the paper now.
"There's still an hour and a half left. Do you really want to hand in the paper now?"
Out of kindness, the invigilator confirmed with Xu You again.
After all, although this is just an internal exam, it determines the final members of the Ningjiang Province Mathematical Competition Team.
"Um, sorry teacher, I'm in a hurry."
Although he didn't accomplish all of them, Xu You was still confident that he would have no problem joining the provincial team.
Seeing that some people handed in their papers early, many candidates' attention was attracted.
Isn’t this the student who didn’t even attend the training camp?
At this time, they all had a relatively unified idea in their hearts.
This student must have given up on the math competition.
Do not attend the training camp and submit the selection exam paper in advance.
No matter how you look at it, it's a very negative attitude.
But it’s a good thing this way, as it means they have one less competitor.
After collecting Xu You's paper, the invigilator started reading it from the beginning.
Because it is an internal exam, this teacher is one of the coaches of the Ningjiang Province Mathematical Competition.
As he watched, the teacher suddenly frowned.
"This kid...did a pretty good job!"
Although it was obvious that Xu You seemed to have not received any professional training and his answers were all unconventional.
But as long as the process is correct and the solution method is not beyond the scope.
Then you can definitely get the points.
Even with Xu You's test paper, it is probably at the level of the National Bank.
But it has surpassed most of the players who received two weeks of special training in the training camp.
"Teacher Wang, how did this child answer?"
"I'm basically guaranteed to be on the provincial team. I'm ranked eighth in the league, so this paper is basically in the top ten in the class."
"No way, isn't this kid always in the physics team? How can he still have time to study math?"
Teacher Wang raised his head, looked up at a 45° angle to the horizontal line and said:
“Maybe, this is genius.”
After leaving Ningjiang University, Xu You immediately took another taxi and rushed to Shengcheng University.
Finally, at noon, Xu You returned to Shengcheng University.
Hu Shucheng was also surprised to see Xu You coming back.
"You're back so early? Isn't the exam supposed to last four and a half hours?"
Hu Shucheng looked at the time and saw that the exam wasn't over yet.
"Hey, I want to come back early so as not to delay the afternoon class, so I handed in the paper early."
"Oh, Xu You, you also turned in your paper early. This is really unlike your character."
In Hu Shucheng's impression, Xu Youlian would answer until the last minute in the preliminary rounds.
This time, in order not to delay the physics competition training, I was able to hand in my paper for the mathematics selection exam early.
At the same time, in classroom 403 of the School of Mathematics at Ningjiang University, the provincial mathematics competition team selection exam is about to end.
The four and a half hours of answering the questions was a double test of their physical and mental strength.
Even if it was just a math test, it was already a great torture for them.
After lunch, the teachers immediately began marking the papers .
Because there were only a few dozen test papers, the teachers marked them very quickly.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the final results and rankings came out.
"Xu You... unexpectedly ranked sixth in the total score."
Taking into account the weight of the selection exam, Xu You's provincial ranking improved by two places compared to the league.
Ningjiang Province has more places for the provincial team in mathematics competition than in physics competition, with a total of 18 places.
With Xu You's ranking, he was firmly admitted into the provincial team.
After the final remaining players were announced, the eliminated players regretfully ended their journey in the digital competition here.
Because Xu You was not present, the teacher did not read out Xu You's name, but instead informed Xu You of his selection into the provincial team through WeChat.
Some careful students discovered that there were only seventeen students left in the classroom.
At first, the student was worried that he had counted wrong, so he counted again.
It was finally confirmed that there were indeed only seventeen students present.
"Teacher, is there a team member missing?" A student raised his hand and asked the teacher.
"Oh, Xu You from Shengcheng No. 4 Middle School, he will not be attending the training camp for the mathematics competition for the time being because he has to prepare for the national finals of the physics competition. He also came to take the exam this morning, and his total score was among the final top 18."
In order to dispel everyone's doubts, the teacher specially explained the reason of the matter.
After hearing what the teacher said, everyone reacted.
Isn’t he the student who suddenly showed up in the morning and handed in the paper an hour and a half early?
Can I still join the provincial team if I don't attend the training camp and hand in my paper early?
And I don’t have to participate in the subsequent provincial team training?
Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?
However, since the teacher has explained it clearly, no one will easily doubt this fact.
Because they are all focused on studying the mathematics competition, they don't know much about the players in the physics competition.
For a moment, the name Xu You, which had seemed unfamiliar to them before, was now completely remembered by them.
After class, everyone started discussing this matter.
Like the physics competition, the members of Ningjiang Province's mathematics competition provincial team are mainly from Shengcheng Experimental Middle School and Bincheng No. 24 Middle School.
Therefore, they all asked their classmates who were studying physics competition about Xu You.
