While she was still waiting, Chen Zheyu and others in the two classrooms ahead had already finished this part of the competition, leaving her the only one still waiting.
Yu Qi walked into Su Qingyun's classroom, sat next to her, and asked softly, "How's everything going? When will your turn come?"
Su Qingyun sighed, "There are more than twenty."
"Don't be in a hurry, just wait patiently." Yu Qi said.
"Yeah." Su Qingyun nodded. He had been waiting for so long, so it wouldn't matter if he waited a little longer.
It was not until after five o'clock in the afternoon that Su Qingyun finally heard her number. During this time, she even went out to have a meal.
"Go ahead." Yu Qi gave her an encouraging look.
Li Siyuan looked confident, "You can do it." He had more confidence in Su Qingyun than in himself.
Alexandra pumped her fist, "Huh, come on!"
"Okay." Su Qingyun smiled and walked forward to draw his own question.
Yu Qi and Li Siyuan looked at her nervously as she took out the test papers from the box and unfolded them. Their expressions did not change and they did not show any nervousness.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like the question wasn't very difficult and shouldn't be a big problem.
But what is the reality?
Su Qingyun looked at the test paper in his hand and was silent. This...
There was only a short line of text on the paper: All non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function lie on the line Re(s) = 1/2 in the complex plane. In other words, all solutions to the equation zeta(s) = 0 are 1/2.
This is... the Riemann hypothesis.
Su Qingyun sighed in her heart. Among so many test questions, she happened to draw the Riemann hypothesis, which has not been proven so far. Her luck is really unique.
The Riemann hypothesis was born in 1859 and has a history of more than 100 years. Countless mathematicians have wanted to prove it, but they have not been able to do so in their lifetime. Even in the later generations where Su Qingyun came from, it has not been confirmed.
At the Second International Congress of Mathematicians, someone proposed 23 mathematical problems that mathematicians should strive to solve in the 20th century. These problems were considered the commanding heights of 20th century mathematics, including the Riemann hypothesis. An institute called Clay Mathematics offered a prize of one million M yuan to a mathematician who could prove the Riemann hypothesis.
The Riemann hypothesis may not be as well-known among the public as the Goldbach hypothesis, but it is regarded by many mathematicians as the most important mathematical problem. If one day the Riemann hypothesis can be confirmed, it will definitely be a major earthquake in the mathematical community and even the entire scientific community.
Because, in mathematical literature, there are already more than a thousand mathematical propositions that are based on the validity of the Riemann hypothesis. If the Riemann hypothesis is confirmed, then all these mathematical propositions can be promoted to theorems, otherwise, they will become burial objects.
Su Qingyun looked at the Riemann hypothesis in her hand and felt a headache. She only had ten minutes. Faced with such a profound and complex hypothesis, what on earth should she say to impress the judges?
Li Siyuan looked at Su Qingyun's calm expression from afar and became a little uncertain.
"Team Leader, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
"Probably... I guess." Yu Qi was not very sure, because he recalled that Su Qingyun never seemed to be nervous in his memory. She always had this expression. Now he couldn't tell whether the test questions in her hand were difficult or not.
The two looked at each other, feeling a little nervous.
Alexandra also counseled Yu Qi, "Wow, she's amazing. She even managed to finish the last question on yesterday's test. This one should be no problem either."
"Thank you for your good wishes." Yu Qi smiled.
Ten minutes passed quickly and Su Qingyun stood on the stage. The moment she came on stage, the judges, who were already feeling tired, were cheered up and sat up straight. Stevens and Lambert looked at Su Qingyun with shining eyes.
"Why do I feel like Mr. Stevens and the others' eyes suddenly light up?"
"Yes, the way they looked at the Chinese team member was like a hunter seeing their prey, hahahaha."
"Why does the judging panel seem to attach so much importance to this Chinese player?"
Yu Qi frowned when he heard the contestants around him whispering about each other. He observed the judges and it seemed to be true. They seemed to have an unusual interest in Qingyun.
What is going on?
Just when he was confused, Su Qingyun on the stage spoke.
"Hello, judges! I'm contestant number 197, Su Qingyun from the Chinese team. The topic I'm going to discuss is the Riemann hypothesis. Here are some of my thoughts on it..."
As soon as the word Riemann hypothesis came out, the whole audience fell silent.
Oh my god! How could it be the Riemann hypothesis?
"That's terrifying! The Riemann hypothesis was even on the test. Luckily, we didn't draw it, otherwise I really don't know what I would do."
"Just now it was the Fermat conjecture, and now it's the Riemann conjecture. Are the organizing committee crazy? They've included such a world-class conjecture in the exam. Now there are more than ten questions left. Are there other conjectures in there? I can't imagine how the contestants behind me are feeling right now."
The contestants who had completed this part patted their chests and looked relieved. Fortunately, they were not the ones who drew these perverted questions.
The contestants who were waiting in line behind Su Qingyun turned several shades paler and prayed in their hearts that they would not draw similar questions.
The contestants from various countries looked at Su Qingyun with sympathy, without any expectations in their hearts. With such a topic and in such a short time, what could they come up with?
"Oh my God!" Alexandra was stunned.
Li Siyuan didn't understand the English Su Qingyun was speaking, but seeing the expressions of the people around him were not right, he realized something was wrong and asked Yu Qi: "Team leader, what question did Qingyun draw?"
Yu Qi was completely stunned. He stared at Su Qingyun, his mind was blank and he couldn't speak at all.
How could it be the Riemann hypothesis? How could it possibly be the Riemann hypothesis? Why the Riemann hypothesis?
If Su Qingyun were to get any other problem, Yu Qi would have confidence in her, but the Riemann hypothesis...
Yu Qi also wanted to get information from Su Qingyun, but... this was the Riemann hypothesis? A world-class mathematical conjecture, one that no mathematician had successfully proven in over a century. How much could he expect Su Qingyun to reveal?
A bitter smile appeared on his face. Was this God playing a trick on the Chinese team? Everything was going well and victory was within reach, but fate had to play tricks on them and let Su Qingyun draw a question of such difficulty.
At this moment, Yu Qi almost lost confidence in the game.
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