Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Exclusive
Xu Bowen came to where Lin Yimu and the other man were sitting with full of curiosity. He saw one of them reading a book while the other was looking at a piece of draft paper in his hand. The draft paper was filled with densely packed calculation formulas.
Xu Bowen immediately moved closer to Huang Minglei's back, and after looking at it for a while, his eyes lit up and he whispered excitedly, "Classmate, can you show me the draft in your hand?"
Huang Minglei was so absorbed in reading the draft in his hand that he was startled by a noise coming from behind him. He turned around and saw the librarian looking at the draft paper in his hand with a face that turned red with excitement.
After Huang Minglei recognized the person, he did not take the initiative to let outsiders see it. Instead, he patted Lin Yimu, who was absorbed in reading a book on elementary number theory, and said, "Can you show him your draft paper?" Then he pointed at Xu Bowen who was sitting next to him.
Lin Yimu looked up from the book at Xu Bowen, nodded indifferently and said, "Let's see, it hasn't been verified anyway."
When Xu Bowen heard that he could read it, he immediately thanked them happily. After exchanging names with the two people, he picked up the draft paper at hand and began to read with shining eyes.
Although Xu Bowen is only a sophomore this year, you can tell that he is a good student by looking at his eyes as thick as the bottom of a wine bottle. He also studies a lot of number theory books. So although it was difficult for him to read Lin Yimu's draft, he was able to understand it after reading it slowly. However, the more he read, the more surprised he was.
When he heard the girls' discussion, he thought they had misheard. How could high school students solve a mathematical conjecture and say they had verified it to the last step? Xu Bowen actually didn't believe it.
The reason why he was interested was that he thought that it would not be a disadvantage to take a look regardless of whether it was real or not. Moreover, anyone who was favored by Professor Wan should not be an ordinary person even if he could not solve the problem.
With this idea in mind, Xu Bowen came to find Lin Yimu and the others. As a result, the more he looked at the draft paper in his hand, the more excited he became. In the end, he even borrowed paper and pen from Huang Minglei to check the calculations together.
The others who had been watching the situation here, seeing that Xu Bowen was not driven away by Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei, were eager to go closer to see if Lin Yimu was really solving a mathematical conjecture or just pretending.
In fact, many people think that Lin Yimu and his friends are just bragging. After all, no matter how excellent they are, they are just two high school students and the knowledge they have learned is limited. How can they possibly solve a mathematical conjecture? It is not certain whether they can even pass the preliminary test of the competition.
There are quite a few people who think this way, especially some college students who think they are hardworking and excellent students who stay in the library on weekends. Even the girls who support Lin Yimu are skeptical.
After seeing Xu Bowen strike up a conversation with the two and start reading the draft, more and more people gathered around. All the students in the library formed a big circle around Huang Minglei. Everyone gathered around out of curiosity, and even those who were not majoring in mathematics wanted to join in the fun.
So, when Professor Wan took a rare break from data research and wanted to go to the library to find some relevant books to read, he found that although the library was open, it was empty everywhere, except for one corner which was crowded with people.
Professor Wan looked at the students gathered together, and a hint of confusion appeared on his kind and friendly face. He didn't know what had happened to bring so many people together. Even the librarian was not on duty today, which made him very curious.
So Professor Wan also walked slowly towards the direction where the crowd was gathering.
When Professor Wan came behind the group of students, he found that there were too many people to see what was happening inside. He had no choice but to find a male student standing outside and whispered, "Classmate, what happened here? Why are you all gathered here instead of reading and studying?"
The boy who was tapped on the shoulder heard an old voice behind him. He turned around in confusion and found that it was an old professor of the school. He immediately turned around stiffly and called out, "Professor Wan, why are you here?"
The students standing nearby heard the boy's words and also noticed the old professor appearing in the library. Even though they were not students of the School of Mathematics, they could see Professor Wan's face every day in the honor column of Yan University, so they all greeted him respectfully with some nervousness.
Seeing that everyone seemed a little nervous, Professor Wan smiled kindly, waved his hand to indicate that everything was fine, and repeated the question he had just asked.
The boy who was being questioned then quickly told Professor Wan what had happened here. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but look towards the crowd again.
After hearing the whole story, Professor Wan's eyes flashed with surprise and joy, and then he frowned in some surprise.
Isn’t today the preliminary round of the math competition? From what this classmate said, it turns out that Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei have been here for quite some time. Didn't they go to participate in the competition?
Thinking of this, Professor Wan's already frowned brows furrowed even tighter. He wanted to go in and see Lin Yimu's verification process, but looking at the group of students gathered in front of him, it was a bit difficult for him to get in.
Seeing the professor's dilemma, the boy being questioned and the students around who had already noticed Professor Wan began to pass on the message to the stunned students in front of them.
Soon, the students surrounding him came to their senses from their disbelief and turned around to find that Professor Wan was really standing behind the crowd with a kind face. They nervously and respectfully made way for him, allowing Professor Wan to walk smoothly to the middle of the crowd, next to Huang Minglei.
Lin Yimu, who was originally sitting opposite Huang Minglei, actually wanted to change his place to continue reading when everyone gathered around him, but he couldn't move out because everyone blocked his way. He could only continue to sit in his seat and read, occasionally answering Huang Minglei and Xu Bowen's questions about the verification formula for mathematical conjectures.
So when Professor Wan walked up to the three people, they were discussing a verification formula and did not notice Professor Wan coming over at all.
Professor Wan did not say anything, but just stood beside the table of Lin Yimu and the other two, watching them discuss the controversy over the Riemann function.
It was not until the three of them started arguing over the formula and each held their own opinions that Professor Wan spoke quietly, "Since the formula for the Riemann function you mentioned cannot be calculated and there are disputes, why don't you try another formula?"
The three people who were arguing in low voices while checking calculations were startled by the sudden voice beside them. They all stopped checking and looked in the direction where the voice came from.
When they saw who was speaking, Lin Yimu, Huang Minglei, and Xu Bowen all shouted with surprised and delighted expressions, "Professor Wan!"
The three were very surprised to see Professor Wan in the library, especially Xu Bowen. After all, he admired Professor Wan very much and had always worked hard to become Professor Wan's graduate student.
Moreover, even though he was a student of the School of Mathematics, he seldom saw Professor Wan teaching them. Usually, the ones who taught them were Professor Wan's graduate students or teaching assistants.
Huang Minglei and Lin Yimu's ideas were much simpler. They just wanted to hear Professor Wan explain the formula and the solution to the problem. After all, everyone had different opinions. Lin Yimu also had another idea, which was to hear about another mathematical formula that Professor Wan had just mentioned.
Thinking of this, Lin Yimu asked directly without feeling embarrassed at all.
Professor Wan looked at the messy draft paper on the table and said with a smile, "Can I take a look at your calculation steps and process today?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yimu quickly nodded in agreement. While Professor Wan was reading the draft, he was eagerly waiting for him to finish reading so that he could get some inspiration and ideas. Even Xu Bowen and Huang Minglei, who were sitting next to him, had eager looks on their faces.
The three of them waited anxiously for Professor Wan to finish reading the draft in his hand. Even the students who were speechless at the shock of knowing that Lin Yimu was actually verifying a mathematical conjecture, looked at Professor Wan with inquiring eyes, wanting to know whether the calculation formulas and processes that they had been listening to for such a long time were really proving a mathematical conjecture.
Although everyone was already 70% certain in their hearts, the glimmer of hope in their hearts still made them unwilling to believe it. Because if they believed it, it would mean that they were not even as good as the two high school students, which would be a huge blow to them.
Amid the eager and eager eyes of the crowd, Professor Wan put down the draft paper in his hand. His face, which had originally been smiling kindly, now turned serious and said, "Student Lin, you have made great progress. In just one week, you have actually pushed the verification process one step further. I was right at the beginning. However, the reason why you are stuck on the data in this last step is because you do not have enough knowledge now. Perhaps you can come to the School of Mathematics more often to listen to the teacher's systematic education, which may be helpful to you."
Professor Wan paused for a moment and asked with concern, "However, your most urgent task right now is the math competition. Judging from the two of you, you must have been here for a few hours, right? How did you do on the test?"
Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei looked at each other after hearing this, and finally Lin Yimu said shyly: "Today's preliminary round questions feel okay. The previous questions are not difficult. Only the last additional question that needs to be verified is a little difficult. And it was this question that gave me inspiration, so I thought of using Riemann function to solve this mathematical conjecture."
Professor Wan listened to Lin Yimu's explanation and nodded with satisfaction. He then looked at the calculation paper in his hand and thought for a while before saying, "In that case, if you don't have classes tomorrow, there will be a class for freshmen in the School of Mathematics at 2 pm. Why don't you two come to the class to fill in the gaps."
When Lin Yimu heard what Professor Wan said, he and Huang Minglei looked at each other with excitement and joy in their eyes.
In fact, according to the current level of their self-study, many things taught by their high school teachers are no longer enough. Most of the time, they find books and study on their own. Now that they can take a class at the School of Mathematics of Yan University, they are still happy. After all, it will help them know how much difference there is between themselves and college students majoring in mathematics, so as to make up for their own shortcomings.
After the two of them nodded in agreement to attend the class tomorrow afternoon, Lin Yimu asked Professor Wan about some of the difficulties he encountered when verifying his conjectures. Professor Wan said, "How old are you? It's good enough to have achieved this level. Don't rush. Now is the time for you to accumulate knowledge. When you have enough knowledge, inspiration will come naturally. You can't force it. Many people at your age are still thinking about how to have fun while attending classes all day."
After Professor Wan left the library with the information he wanted to read, the students in the library finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, facing such a highly respected professor from Yan University, who had even participated in national research and development projects, it would always be a little uncomfortable for them to face him, no matter how amiable he was.
At the same time, everyone looked at Lin Yimu and Huang Minglei with eyes full of envy and jealousy.
Considering that they are able to start verifying mathematical conjectures at such a young age and can even take classes with some of them, the way I think about it is that these two are geniuses.
In comparison, these college students who have mediocre academic performance and spend all day thinking about having fun are simply useless.
After this heavy blow, everyone was no longer in the mood to gossip or watch the fun. They dispersed, found a place to sit down and started to work hard. The only one left with Huang Minglei was Xu Bowen, who had just returned from registering the books.
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