"I deliberately made the questions particularly difficult because I wanted to tell you that university mathematics, especially if you aspire to do mathematical research, is completely different from high school mathematics."
“In previous years, my first midterm exam was always particularly difficult. When you come to the final exam this year, you will find it much easier than the midterm exam.”
What Zhang Jixue didn't mention was that the questions he set this year were even more difficult than in previous years, as they were all selected from the most difficult level of questions in Xie Huimin's "Lecture Notes on Problems in Mathematical Analysis" and Pei Liwen's "Typical Problems and Methods in Mathematical Analysis".
There wasn't a single easy question.
"Although the questions are very difficult, everyone should still see the gap. While most people can only score around 30 points, some people can get full marks. The difference is quite significant."
"I hope everyone can spend more time practicing. Mathematical analysis and algebra will be important throughout your undergraduate studies, and even into your master's and doctoral studies."
"Of course, if you're going to work on combinatorics, a background in mathematical analysis is generally fine too."
Seeing the somewhat dejected expressions on the students' faces, Zhang Jixue smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. The midterm exam only accounts for 10% of the total grade. We have two more exams after that, and then the final exam, which accounts for 70%. So if you do well on the final exam, your final grade won't be affected too much."
"Also, because everyone's scores are too low, I will ask the class monitor to take the square root of your score and multiply it by ten to get everyone's final score."
"Okay, let's get back to the midterm exam paper. Today we'll mainly focus on thoroughly explaining this exam paper."
Few students in the audience were paying attention to the professor's explanation of the exam paper; some were looking at their own papers to see why they only got such a low score, while others were chatting in group chats.
The new student group chat exploded instantly:
"Zheng Shen is amazing!"
"Perfect score master"
"How could someone get a perfect score on such a difficult test?"
“Zheng Shen has exceeded my comprehension.”
It wasn't until someone posted a photo of Zheng Li taken secretly in the study room, with the caption: "Zheng, take me with you!"
After that, the freshmen group chat was flooded with this emoji.
In addition, many people really planned to go back and ask Zheng Li for advice after class in the afternoon.
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