Chapter 119: Great Genius
With only an hour and a half left before the end of the exam, Su Yi finished answering all the questions again, only an hour later than yesterday.
Submit the paper early.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the invigilator would have even suspected that she had copied the answers directly. Assuming she memorized the leaked questions, it would have taken time to think. After all, IMO test questions are not like other math problems. They require not only a lot of thinking, but also complex calculation steps.
Not noticing any suspicious behavior and confirming that the other party had really completed all the questions, he asked other teachers to take her to the same room as yesterday.
Su Yi's departure undoubtedly put more pressure on other candidates than yesterday, because the difficulty of today's test questions was obviously much greater than yesterday's, but that Chinese girl was able to hand in her paper early. It was simply terrifying!
For a time, the news that "China has produced a terrifying young genius" spread in the IMO circle. When many teachers and professors inquired about it and learned that she was the Chinese girl who proved another proof of the Poincare conjecture, they felt both envious and jealous.
It seems that China really has a mathematical genius!
And he's only fifteen!
They even wondered why China always had such good luck and always produced such extraordinary geniuses.
Given the difficulty of today's questions, Su Yi was the only one who left the examination room early until the end of the exam.
When the group gathered, Cheng Xueying grabbed her hair, looking devastated. "I'm done! The last problem was just infernal! I couldn't even finish it!"
"Me too..." Ding Feng said.
Then the two young men who sympathized with each other "huddled together and cried bitterly."
Yang Shu's brows were furrowed tightly. The difficulty of the last question was far beyond his imagination. Although he managed to finish it, he knew very well that his problem-solving steps were not perfect and he would definitely be deducted points.
The scores for IMO and CMO are slightly different. Although both have six major questions, each question is only worth 7 points, for a total of 42 points, so the scores are relatively important.
They did not return home immediately. They had to wait for the IMO judges to mark the test papers and then announce the results and rankings. The competition would be officially declared over only after the award ceremony.
Professor Huang had something urgent to do, so he asked the other two teachers in charge to take good care of these children.
"The exams are over, so let's stop discussing it and relax. I'll take you around the foggy city for the next two days, to the Eiffel Tower, museums, the Thames... Also, if there's anything you need me to buy for you, you can do it!" the teachers suggested gently.
"My mom asked me to bring her some skincare products and gave me a list," Lin Jiaer said, pulling out the half-meter-long list from his schoolbag with a pained look on his face. "But I have no idea what it is, what series it's divided into, and what milliliters it means."
Everyone: “…”
Fortunately, there was a female teacher in the life teacher's class. She suppressed the smile on her face, stretched out her hand and said, "Let me see."
…
Perhaps it was because of Su Yi's unusual performance in the examination room these two days that the review team paid special attention to her test paper.
This year's test questions were actually very extensive, so the teacher found that many candidates' answers were not very ideal, especially the last big question. More than one-third of the candidates did not even write a single analytical step, but Su Yi's test paper was full.
Moreover, the layout is neat, the paper is clean and unmodified, and the handwriting is beautiful, which is pleasing to the eye.
"Is this the test paper of the Chinese girl who left the examination room early?"
“What’s the accuracy rate?”
"The last IMO exam question this year was incredibly difficult, surpassing those in previous years. This girl wrote so much, wasn't she just trying to get points for the steps?"
"No, no, no, you see, her answer is completely correct. I even don't understand some of the steps. It seems that she has expanded on them."
The teacher's words immediately attracted the attention of other teachers. She quickly projected Su Yi's test paper onto the projection screen, and all the teachers began to verify it.
There is an unwritten rule in the history of IMO. Although the full score is 42 points, if a candidate can come up with two or more special answers, and the steps are novel and accurate, an additional 1-5 points of performance points can be added.
"This year's Chinese contestants have produced an incredible talent!"
"Hey, isn't this the Chinese girl who solved another proof of the Poincare conjecture? This name became popular not long ago."
After hearing this, they seemed to have thought of something, and then they dug out the video of the certificate release conference, and sure enough, it coincided with the photo of the candidate on the test paper.
The teacher who had originally had doubts no longer had any objections. The Chinese girl who was recognized by Grigory Mathematician and Holtz Mathematical Institute was indeed very capable!
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