December 12, Princeton, USA, at 26:[-] am.

The warm sunshine broke through the clouds and filled the whole earth.

Today is the official exam day for the IMO competition. All contestants from all over the world have already familiarized themselves with the exam room and the relevant rules of the exam yesterday.

The rules of the test are very simple, the competition schedule is 2 days in total, and a total of 6 contestants from each country will participate.

In addition to the additional questions, generally speaking, each IMO competition has 6 questions, three questions a day, each question is worth 7 points, and the total score is 42 points.

And if there are additional questions, it is an additional question of 8 points, a total of 50 points.

During the exam, starting from 4.5:[-] in the morning, there are only [-] hours of answering time per day, and candidates can bring any stationery and drawing tools.

Even, considering the exam time, the organizing committee allowed players to bring drinks and food into the arena.

Of course, all electronic devices are not allowed to be brought into the venue. Once discovered, they will be punished as cheating.

Candidates, however, are allowed to bring in three reference books.

Yes, IMO is an open-book exam, but if you think that IMO is a simple estimate, you are wrong.

Because there is a special rule in the IMO competition, that is, every time a candidate makes a mistake in a question, not only will they not score, but they will also deduct points.

In other words, in an ideal situation, even if the examinee does not get 0 points for one question, he may still win the world's number one championship.

And even if the examinee has done every question, but if they do all the questions wrong, they may fall to the last place.

Yes, this rule is very cruel, but it just proves that the IMO competition is a stage for the strong.

It was exactly nine o'clock in the morning.

As each candidate entered the examination room with milk, bread and reference materials, the leisure and tranquility of the past in Princeton University has disappeared, replaced by the faint smell of gunpowder in the air.

Because in the next two days, there will be a world champion of the IMO competition, the strongest in the world among the young generation.

Su Muxin was lucky, she was assigned to the No. [-] examination room, and the invigilator was Professor Deligne.

However, when Professor Deligne sent down the exam questions that had been translated this morning with a smile on his face, Su Muxin couldn't help being stunned.

and many more.

These three topics... seem familiar?

Looking at the familiar proof questions and function questions on the test paper, Su Muxin quickly took out the notebook filled with questions that Lin Yu gave her from the three reference materials she brought.

Soon, Su Muxin found the questions in her memory that were similar to the three exam questions in front of her in her notebook.

Looking back and forth on these topics, Su Muxin was stunned after pondering for a moment.

Because these topics cannot be said to be exactly the same, they are simply carved out of a mill!

Looking at the questions on the test paper, while Su Muxin was pleasantly surprised, she suddenly remembered what Lin Yu said to herself the day before yesterday.

"If you don't understand the above, you must understand everything, so that when you happen to pass the exam and you still don't understand, it will be too late to regret it."

I go!Could it be that as early as that time, the uncle already knew that today's exam questions would be very similar?

In other words, tomorrow's exam questions may have similar questions like today's! ?

Thinking of this, Su Muxin couldn't help but clenched her fists, her heart was filled with excitement.

She looked around subconsciously, and found that everyone was thinking hard about these topics, and no one wrote at all.

Some people even turned pale and trembled because of excessive tension.

The test materials they bring are even more useless.

Seeing this, Su Muxin couldn't help but smile, and immediately picked up the pen cheerfully, and after briefly conceiving the process of solving the first question, she began to write quickly on the test paper.

"Shhhhh."

When the brisk, smooth, non-pause sound of writing sounded in the quiet classroom, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Especially those candidates who were still analyzing the first proof question looked at Su Muxin in shock, and silently classified her into the ranks of mathematics masters.

After seeing this scene, Professor Deligne on the podium was also interested.

As the chief examiner of this exam, Deligne naturally knows the difficulty of these questions today.

It can be said that even for the best contestants, it is very difficult to successfully find a breakthrough in the questions as soon as the test papers are issued.

Basically, they all need to spend about 10 minutes to understand the problem-solving ideas of the whole topic.

And only a mathematical genius like Lin Yu can find a breakthrough in the question immediately after the test paper is issued.

Thinking of this, a funny smile suddenly appeared on Deligne's face.

Time passed slowly.

An hour later, Su Muxin breathed a sigh of relief after finishing the proof process of the last question.

After an hour of hard work, she could say that she finished writing all three questions today without any pressure.

Moreover, her entire problem-solving process can be said to be smooth and flowing, very natural, without any pause.

Compared with the uncertainty of completing the questions before, this time, Su Muxin is very confident in the answers she wrote down.

Therefore, after simply checking the test paper three times and finding that there was no mistake in the answer, Su Muxin couldn't help but look up at the time, and found that it was not even eleven o'clock, and there were still more than two hours before the end of the test.

Seeing this, Su Muxin looked around at the examinees who were still pondering over the questions, and a smug smile couldn't help but rise from the corner of her mouth.

She never dreamed that this IMO competition could be so relaxing.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the first time in her life that she has felt the joy of math problems.

After sitting on the stool in a daze for a while, Su Muxin realized that idleness is idleness, so it's better to have something to pass the time.

After all, everything is brought in, so if you don’t eat it, you won’t eat it for nothing.

Thinking about it, Su Muxin skillfully opened the plastic bag, took out the bread that Lin Yu had prepared for her inside, then put the milk into the straw, and tasted it with relish.

"Hiss hiss..."

However, when Su Muxin was unpacking the bread, the sound of the plastic bag wrapping the bread could be heard clearly in the quiet classroom.

For a moment, everyone in the classroom raised their heads subconsciously and turned their gazes to the source of the sound.

Under the eyes of everyone, Su Muxin tore the bread with her hands with relish, and then gracefully stuffed the bread into her mouth, and took a sip of milk from time to time, looking very comfortable.

It was so comfortable that all candidates wondered if this was the test site for the IMO competition.

"Isn't it allowed to eat? I remember that there is a clear rule that you can eat it?" Feeling the eyes of everyone, Su Muxin was stunned for a moment, and then asked doubtfully in English.

"of course can."

As soon as Su Muxin finished speaking, Deligne came back to her senses and walked over with a smile on her face.

While speaking, Deligne also came to Su Muxin's side, his eyes swept over the test paper that was already filled with answers, and the smile on his face became even brighter: "Student Su, if you finish all the questions, you can go ahead." handed in."

"Of course, I think it would be better if you could go over it a few more times."

At the end of the speech, Deligne reminded him kindly.

However, after Deligne finished speaking, the entire classroom was in an uproar, and all the candidates looked at Su Muxin in disbelief.

"どうしてこんなに早くAllできたのか! (How could it all be done so quickly!)"

"This is just crazy! (This is just crazy!)

"Мыуверенычтоделаемодинитотжедокумент? (Are we sure we're doing the same test?)

.........

All candidates from all over the world are shocked by this news.

Because they couldn't believe that Su Muxin completed all the questions in about an hour.

You must know that this is a worldwide IMO competition, not those domestic math problems, and the difficulty of the two is even more different.

So, how could someone complete all the questions in such a short period of time.

Moreover, such an incredible thing has never happened even if you look at the history of the entire IMO competition!

"Please don't whisper during the exam."

Just as all the candidates were exclaiming at the news, Deligne coughed lightly, his eyes slowly swept across the classroom, and said indifferently.

The voice fell, and the originally noisy classroom fell silent for an instant.

It's just that, in this quiet state where you could hear the needle drop, everyone's eyes were on Su Muxin in unison.

"Okay, then I will hand in the paper."

Under the gaze of everyone, after listening to Deligne's words, Su Muxin, who originally wanted to leave early, responded quickly, and immediately handed the test paper on the table to Deligne.

However, to Su Muxin's surprise, Deligne did not take the test paper, but reminded again with a smile on his face: "Are you sure you don't want to check it carefully, if you make a mistake, points will be deducted."

"Uh... well."

Su Muxin hesitated for a moment, then took back the test paper and studied it carefully.

Deligne nodded in satisfaction. He liked Su Muxin's calm attitude.

If you use Huaxia's words, it is a child who can be taught.

After seeing this scene, all the candidates were stunned and envious.

As we all know, Professor Deligne is an extremely serious and venomous person.

If a student made a mistake during the exam, he would point it out on the spot without mercy.

Even, for those who want to hand in the test in advance, he will not say a word.

But today, when Su Muxin was about to hand in the test in advance, he reminded her twice!

That's right!That's exactly two times!

This has never happened before in Deligne's teaching career!

Therefore, after seeing this scene, everyone had to sigh that geniuses really have privileges.

And the reason why they don't have this privilege can only be said that they are not genius enough.

"Okay, teacher, I'm done checking."

While everyone was sighing, Su Muxin suddenly raised her head, handed over the test paper again, and said with a smile.

"Are you sure?" Deligne froze for a moment, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

How long is this too much?

30 seconds?Or 50 seconds?

This is her inspection?

At this moment, Deligne suddenly wanted to take back what he had just said about Su Muxin's lack of arrogance or impetuosity.

"Yes, I'm sure because I've checked it five times."

Su Muxin smiled slightly, and immediately handed the test paper to Deligne, then took her study materials and the leftover milk and bread, and left the examination room gracefully.

Seeing Su Muxin's back going away, not only Deligne was a little dazed, but even all the candidates were a little dizzy.

When they were still thinking hard, looking for ideas to solve the problem, and even filling in the answers intermittently like squeezing toothpaste, others had already handed in the paper and left.

The gap between this person is too big!

When Su Muxin's figure completely disappeared from sight, Deligne shook her head helplessly, and immediately cast her gaze on the test paper in her hand.

"Ok?"

After watching it for a while, Deligne suddenly let out a light snort, and suddenly became interested.

He walked back to the podium, opened the seat, sat on it, and carefully observed the test paper in his hand with great interest.

Ten minutes later, Deligne put down the test paper, with a faint smile on his face again, and murmured to himself in his heart, "Sure enough, the people related to Mr. Lin are not simple."

On Su Muxin's test paper, not only was all the verification process very smooth, without any traces of alteration, even the entire problem-solving thinking was very clear.

Coupled with this logic is rigorous and concise and efficient, there is no way of expressing any redundant nonsense.

It can be said that the answers to this test paper are simply perfect!

And this kind of perfect answer, Deligne has only seen it in the verification theorem of the 51st Mersenne prime number written by Lin Yu!

As for why he is so clear, it is because the blackboard written by Lin Yu is still displayed by Faljens in the most conspicuous place in the corridor of Princeton for people to admire and learn from.

Time passed slowly.

With Su Muxin's departure, today's exam was completely over amidst the painful wailing of countless candidates.

After today's exam, the test papers of all the candidates will be sealed, and then they will be released by the committee to review the papers together after the second exam tomorrow.

However, before the end of the exam, Su Muxin and other Huaxia team members handed in the papers in advance with a tacit understanding, and then bumped into each other outside the exam room.

"Hahahaha, Yingying, you came out early too!"

Outside the examination room, after seeing the figure of her friend Wu Xiaoying, Su Muxin couldn't help showing a bright smile on her face, and then happily greeted her.

"Hee hee, Xin'er, didn't you also come out early?" Wu Xiaoying said with a laugh.

"I can't help it, today's exam questions are too easy." Su Muxin spread her hands innocently, pretending to be cute and "feeling so cold".

Seeing this, Wu Xiaoying sneered, couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said: "If you say that, then you should be able to easily handle tomorrow's topic."

"Ahem, I think it may be half and half."

Su Muxin coughed lightly, then as if thinking of something, she moved to Wu Xiaoying's ear mysteriously and started whispering.

"real?!"

After listening to Su Muxin's words, Wu Xiaoying couldn't help but widen her eyes and looked at him excitedly.

"Hey, you'll know when you take the exam tomorrow." Su Muxin smiled triumphantly, and immediately discussed today's topic with her, while continuing to wait for other contestants with her.

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