Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 168 Qiu Competition Begins
Saturday, March 21st.
The Qiu Chengtong College Student Mathematics Competition officially begins today.
This is also the semi-final audition, which is the written test stage, which will last for two days, today and tomorrow.
Earlier, after Chen Zhou submitted his paper, he and Zhao Qiqi had been following the information of this competition.
On March 15, after the test center arrangement information came out, several people followed the requirements and sent their basic information such as name, mobile phone number, and competition subjects to the test center contact person's email.
According to the test site arrangement, Chen Zhou and other candidates from Yenching University were all assigned to the Huaguo Academy of Sciences test site and took the test 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 had formulated and went for a morning run as soon as they got up in the morning.
After finishing running, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi went to the cafeteria to have breakfast.
Just like before the UPC competition started, Chen Zhou felt that there were many unfamiliar eyes watching them again.
Since the previous UPC award ceremony and with the end of his final exams, the attention he and Yang Yiyi received at Yanda has gradually declined.
But now, why do I have that feeling again, that people are paying attention to me wherever I go?
Is it just because I participated in a Qiu competition?
Chen Zhou didn't think it was necessary. With the UPC precedent, it should be normal for them to participate in the competition. It was impossible for them to attract everyone's attention again...
Thinking of this, Chen Zhou prepared to discuss it with Yang Yiyi.
However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a voice.
"Come on, young couple. I wish you a successful race today."
Yang Yiyi smiled and called out to the person who was talking: "Yu Rou, come and eat with us."
The person who spoke was You Yurou, who also came over to have breakfast after running.
You Yurou sat next to Yang Yiyi with a plate in hand. She asked with a smile, "Do you two feel like you're being watched again? I wonder why a Qiu race has attracted so much attention again?"
Chen Zhou asked curiously: "How do you know?"
Yang Yiyi also looked at her and asked, "Yu Rou, do you know what's going on?"
You Yurou smiled mysteriously, took out her cell phone and handed it to Yang Yiyi: "Hey, Yiyi, take a look at this."
Yang Yiyi took the phone in confusion.
On the mobile phone, there is a post on the Yanda campus network.
The content of the post is about this competition.
To be precise, the main parties involved are Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi.
The author of the post organized a voting event for the Qiu competition, allowing everyone to vote for the gold medalists in the team and individual competitions.
Because the team competition is the sum of the scores of five people, although Chen Zhou's team ranked first, their advantage in votes was not obvious.
As for the individual competition, there was no surprise that Chen Zhou ranked first in all five individual events with a high vote rate.
But what is surprising is that Yang Yiyi, a candidate majoring in physics and not mathematics, ranked second only to Chen Zhou in the voting for the two subjects she applied for, Analysis and Partial Differential Equations and Geometry and Topology.
Of course, these are not the main reasons for concern.
The main reason is the heated discussion under the post.
At the beginning, we had a normal discussion about each contestant's math level.
Then, for some unknown reason, the building became crooked.
And the more crooked it is, the more serious it becomes.
It starts with whether Yang Yiyi, a non-mathematics major, can get a good ranking.
Most people think that Yang Yiyi must be as good at mathematics as Chen Zhou.
Then it was only because of Chen Zhou that Yang Yiyi did not choose to minor in mathematics in the mathematics department.
Finally, who will win the gold medal between Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi? Will it be a love-hate relationship between lovers, or will one of them give in?
Perhaps the poster didn’t expect that this voting post would turn into a hot topic discussing whether the “Peerless Twins” love and hate each other…
After reading the content on the phone, Yang Yiyi handed the phone to Chen Zhou and winked at him: "Do you remember when we were talking about the Qiu race gold medal, I asked you to show mercy?"
Chen Zhou was slightly stunned, 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 laughed softly: "These people can actually come up with all kinds of analysis..."
Yang Yiyi also smiled and said, "But they all make sense."
Hearing Yang Yiyi's words, Chen Zhou looked at Yang Yiyi and they smiled at each other.
Looking at the two people, You Yurou asked curiously: "It seems that you have discussed this topic a long time ago. What is the result of the discussion? Will you compete for the gold medal based on your strength, or will someone give in automatically?"
Chen Zhou didn't say anything, but Yang Yiyi repeated what Chen Zhou had said before: "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's mine is yours, what's yours is mine.
So, no matter who wins the gold medal in the end, Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi will be happy for each other.
However, You Yurou didn't understand the meaning of this sentence. She looked at the two of them in confusion: "Can anyone explain it to me? How should I understand this sentence?"
Chen Zhou and Yang Yiyi said in unison: "It means literally, easy to understand."
You Yurou: “…”
After the three of them finished their breakfast and left, they didn’t know that their conversation had also been edited into new replies and posted on the Yanda campus website.
Suddenly, early in the morning, a heated discussion began under this voting post.
After separating from Yang Yiyi in the dormitory area, Chen Zhou returned to the dormitory and handed the breakfast he brought to his three brothers.
Then, start packing the things you need for today's exam.
ID card and student ID card, as well as a black fountain pen.
After Chen Zhou checked everything, he waited for a while. Zhao Qiqi, Zhu Mingli and Li Li also finished their breakfast and gave Chen Zhou a look that showed they were ready to go at any time.
Chen Zhou looked at the time, 7:40 in the morning.
There are still 50 minutes left before the first team competition exam in the morning, which is enough time for them to get to the examination room.
The team competition exam starts first, before the individual competition.
The exam time is from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, but the required entry time is 8:30 am.
Because before the team competition begins, team members need to register to arrive at the examination room .
Moreover, the list of candidates and their seat numbers are posted outside the examination room, and candidates can only know their seat numbers when they arrive at the examination room.
Chen Zhou looked away from his watch, raised his head, glanced at Zhao Qiqi and the other two, and said softly, "Let's go."
Chen Zhou took the lead and several people 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 we were about to leave the dormitory building, the dormitory manager said, "Boys, do your best in the competition!"
Chen Zhou smiled and nodded to his aunt.
Zhao Qiqi said: "Auntie, just wait and see, our brother Chen will definitely bring back a pile of gold medals..."
Outside the dormitory building, Yang Yiyi was waiting for a few people.
The five-member group met up, left the school together, took bus No. 26, and headed to the Morningside Mathematics Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
When we arrived at the place, it was exactly 8:10.
Chen Zhou and four others followed the signposts set up by the Mathematics Center for the competition and found the location of the examination room.
In front of the competition organizer, Chen Zhou and four others took out their ID cards and student ID cards to register.
There are two examination rooms in the Mathematics Center, namely classrooms 1308 and 1318 in the Management and Research Building.
Chen Zhou and several others were in the examination room, classroom 1308, in the Mathematics Center's Management and Research Building.
According to the seat numbers posted outside 1308, Chen Zhou and others entered the examination room and sat down, waiting for the team competition to begin.
Chen Zhou noticed that the eyes of the students around him would occasionally drift towards them.
"It seems that these are all students of Yanda University..." Chen Zhou muttered to himself.
At 8:30 in the morning, all the candidates arrived at the examination room.
Outside the examination room, at the registration area, there was a small queue.
There is no way. There are only two people responsible for registration. Candidates who arrive late can only queue up slowly.
At around 8:45, all candidates completed registration and entered classroom 1308.
Afterwards, one of the persons in charge of the examination site at the Morningside Mathematics Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences came in and read out the examination disciplines.
It was particularly emphasized that in subsequent individual competitions, if one was late for each exam for 15 minutes, the candidate would be disqualified from the exam.
After he finished talking about the examination room discipline, he also talked about the upcoming team competition.
The team competition is from 9:00 to 9:30, which is half an hour before the exam starts, which is the discussion time.
During this time, team members can discuss the topics of the five subjects of the group competition and then reasonably allocate the subjects that each person is responsible for.
The time for answering questions is from 9:30 to 12:00. This period is the same as the individual competition, and each candidate has to answer the questions on their own.
Discussion with each other is no longer allowed during the test period.
Therefore, if you have any questions, you must communicate reasonably within the discussion time.
The person in charge said that there were still 3 minutes left, so he began to arrange the distribution of the test papers.
The examination 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 required to choose five questions from six options.
It is worth mentioning that the test paper is written entirely in English and the questions must be answered in English.
The test papers were distributed and it was exactly 9 o'clock in the morning.
Following the signal from the person in charge, the 2015 Sixth Qiu Chengtong College Student Mathematics Competition officially began.
At the same time, candidates from all over China participating in the Qiu Sai team competition began to discuss the distribution of test questions for this team competition.
Yang Yiyi, Zhao Qiqi, Zhu Mingli and Li Li gathered around Chen Zhou consciously, and with Chen Zhou as the core, began to discuss the issue of subject allocation.
Chen Zhou glanced at them and asked softly, "Is everything okay?"
Yang Yiyi and Li Li were the first to nod, indicating that there was no problem.
Then Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli said at the same time: "Chen Zhou (Brother), don't worry, we have been preparing for such a long time, and we will not fall behind!"
Chen Zhou smiled at them and said, "Then there is nothing to discuss. According to our plan, Yiyi will be responsible for the analysis and partial differential equations papers, Li Li will be responsible for geometry and topology, Qiqi will be responsible for probability and statistics, Lao Zhu will be responsible for applied and computational mathematics, and finally I will be responsible for algebra and number theory."
After Chen Zhou finished speaking, Yang Yiyi and the other three nodded at the same time and were about to take the test papers and go back to wait for the questions.
Chen Zhou stopped the four people and said slowly, "Let me take a look at the test paper first."
After saying that, without waiting for the four people to speak, Chen Zhou picked up the test paper of the subject "Analysis and Partial Differential Equations" and looked at the questions one by one.
If it were in the past, Chen Zhou would definitely feel a headache in his heart.
Because the topic is all in English.
But Chen Zhou now doesn’t.
Because after he completed his thesis, his English was no longer the same as it was before.
There is no problem at all looking at these simple English test questions.
The first question is a proof question.
【If Φ∈C(［a，b］，R), assume that for every function h∈C1(［a，b］R), h(a)=h(b)=0, then a→b∫Φ(x)h(x)dx=0. Please prove that Φ(x)=0. 】
The title is short and the message is simple.
But unlike the UPC competition, the questions are short but difficult.
This question is really simple, and Chen Zhou can at least think of several quick solutions.
Chen Zhou skipped this question and continued reading, quickly finishing the 6 questions on "Analysis and Partial Differential Equations".
He felt that there was nothing worth emphasizing, so he handed the test paper to Yang Yiyi, smiled warmly and said, "Good luck!"
Then came the "Geometry and Topology" test paper.
After Chen Zhou finished reading, he first glanced at Li Li, then glanced at the test paper, and then handed the test paper to Li Li, and said: "Pay attention to questions 4 and 5. They shouldn't be a big problem for you."
Li Li took the test paper, took a look at it, and nodded gently: "Don't worry."
Then comes "Probability and Statistics".
After reading it, Chen Zhou handed the test paper directly 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 whispered, "Brother Chen, don't you want to tell me something?"
Chen Zhou glanced at him and said slowly: "There is nothing to tell you. I believe in your ability."
Hearing Chen Zhou's words, Zhao Qiqi nodded solemnly: "Brother Chen, trust me, I will never hold you back!"
After saying that, Zhao Qiqi took the test paper and started looking at it.
Chen Zhou looked at Zhao Qiqi and smiled silently. This "Probability and Statistics" test paper was indeed not difficult.
Relatively speaking, he felt that the score test paper Wu Xiping gave at the end of last year was much more difficult than this one.
As long as he is careful and doesn't make small mistakes in details, Chen Zhou really believes that Zhao Qiqi can get full marks in this test.
Retracting his thoughts, Chen Zhou quickly glanced at the last test paper.
It was no big problem. Chen Zhou briefly mentioned the points that needed attention in two questions and then handed the test paper to Zhu Mingli.
After Zhu Mingli took the test paper, Chen Zhou coughed lightly, attracting the attention of Yang Yiyi and the other three.
He thought about it and finally emphasized the content of the answer: "When answering the questions, don't ignore the so-called obvious steps."
"Especially for simple test questions, when everyone can answer them correctly, then the details of the answering steps are what counts."
"You must deduce step by step and don't skip steps . If you skip a key step, you will probably lose points."
After hearing Chen Zhou's words, Yang Yiyi and others were thoughtful.
