Next, the chairman of the mathematics competition organizing committee gave a speech.
The chairman of the mathematics competition organizing committee is named Orlando Stevens, a middle-aged man in a suit. He stood on the stage of the concert hall, looking at the faces of the national teams filled with people in the audience, with a warm smile on his face.
Stevens began his speech. "I'm very pleased that you've all arrived as scheduled, meeting at the opening ceremony of this International Mathematical Competition. I'm Orlando Stevens, Chairman of the Competition Organizing Committee. On behalf of Country E and the Competition Organizing Committee, I welcome you all."
The audience burst into warm applause.
Stevens continued, "I know everyone has worked incredibly hard to prepare for this International Mathematics Competition. You've all come from all over the world for a common goal: not only to win the championship, but also to promote the development of mathematics."
"Only when the field of mathematics develops rapidly can the rest of us continue to strive for it, discover the mysteries of mathematics, and discover the beauty of mathematics. I hope that everyone will do their best in this competition, live up to their own efforts and sweat, and live up to the expectations of all those who are looking forward to it."
"On behalf of the competition organizing committee, I also hereby promise that the organizing committee and judging panel of this mathematics competition will uphold the principles of fairness, impartiality and openness in judging the results and performance of all participating teams."
"Here, I declare the 15th International Mathematical Competition officially open!"
After two seconds of silence, thunderous applause broke out and the reporter's camera captured this precious moment.
The opening ceremony ended successfully. It was already noon and everyone had the last half day to catch up. The official competition would start tomorrow. Everyone no longer had the mood to play around and all gathered in Yu Qi's room for the final sprint and review.
In fact, everyone is not worried about the content of the written test. It is nothing more than testing the same knowledge points over and over again. The only thing you need to pay attention to may be that there may be traps in the questions to attract everyone to jump down.
But before that, everyone has done a lot of targeted training and made sufficient preparations, so there is no need to worry too much. The real variable is actually the free question-drawing session the day after tomorrow to express your ideas, because in this session, you may draw a very difficult question, or it may be a mathematical conjecture.
If it is the former, then it is nothing more than solving a problem, that is, doing it in the form of explanation, but if some mathematical conjecture or theory is drawn, then it is hard to say.
The reason why a mathematical conjecture is called a conjecture is that it is a mathematical idea that has not yet been proven. Regardless of whether the answer is right or wrong, it is already very difficult to explain it in a logical way and with a certain idea.
In this part, even if you have prepared in advance, conducted research on many mathematical conjectures or theories, and even prepared manuscripts in advance, it is of little significance, because what the judging panel wants to hear is original and innovative explanations of your own ideas. They will also ask random questions, making it difficult to guard against them. It is easy to tell whether the contestant's ideas are his or her own.
Moreover, there is no clear answer in this part, and the scoring by the judging panel is very subjective. It just so happens that their Chinese team is not very popular, so with the double buff, it is really very suspenseful.
"What do you think about this free expression session?" Yu Qi asked everyone.
His tone was a little serious, because in previous competitions, the Chinese team scored very low in this part. In fact, their performance in the written test was not bad, it was this part that held them back.
The Chinese team, who answered the questions well on the test paper, seemed to have their throats strangled during the free discussion session and could not say much valuable.
So gradually, other countries' impression of Chinese mathematics is that they have no ideas of their own, can only focus on solving problems, and can't do anything else.
In previous training, everyone also had many exercises in this regard. For example, Yu Qi created a small game, asking everyone to go home every night and think of such a question, no matter what mathematical theorem or conjecture it was, and write it on a piece of paper early the next morning. Everyone would randomly draw a question, and the person who drew it would have to give an impromptu explanation of the question on the paper. After such training, the effect was quite significant.
Everyone was selected from all over the country, they are young and smart. Although Yu Qi is worried, he is not too nervous. But on the eve of the competition, he still wants to hear everyone's opinions.
Everyone scratched their heads. Although everyone had an idea in their minds, they just didn't know how to say it.
Yu Qi looked at Su Qingyun, "Qingyun, you speak."
Su Qingyun thought for a moment and said only four words, "Adapt to circumstances."
Yu Qi was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Adapt to circumstances" is easy to say, but it is actually the most difficult. You have to sort out your thoughts, follow the logic, and organize your language as quickly as possible for any question you draw. This series of things are all within the scope of adaptability and are very difficult.
But Yu Qi thought about Su Qingyun's past performance and couldn't say anything to make her calm down, because whether it was the questions on the test paper or the explanations, they were all perfect and there was no mistake. Her logic was logical, her ideas were thoughtful, and her ideas were novel. He was very excited every time he heard her.
He was confident in Su Qingyun, but as for the others...
Yu Qi's eyes swept over Chen Zheyu, Li Siyuan and others one by one. None of them showed any sign of retreat, and they all looked confident.
They have talent and drive. Yu Qi feels that he should believe in them, otherwise, he would not have chosen them to compete abroad.
Trust people you employ; don’t employ people you don’t trust.
"Okay, since we're improvising, let's play the paper game one last time." Yu Qi checked the time. "Everyone, within ten minutes, think of a question, write it down on a piece of paper, and then exchange it with each other."
"good."
Everyone started moving, concentrating on the final sprint before the competition. For them, this was not just a math competition, but also a matter of national honor and dignity. No one wanted to lose, and everyone wanted to win. As long as there was a desire to win, they could move forward.
This kind of scene can also be seen in other representative teams. No matter how confident you are in your abilities, now is not the time to be careless. Everything is unknown until the last moment.
The outcome is uncertain, you and I are both dark horses.
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