HBWnovel Chapter 5, first prize, is the upper limit of the competition, not his limit!
Chapter 5, first prize, is the upper limit of the competition, not his limit!
Even though the admissions officers present were usually shrewd and eloquent, they were helpless at this moment. In order to preserve the school's dignity, they could only obediently ask for support from outside.
"Professor Chen, I need your help with a question."
Professor Chen, seemingly unaware of the situation, asked on the phone, "What's wrong? Are you planning to pursue further studies?"
"Didn't you say before that you would never continue studying even if you were beaten to death?" Professor Chen joked with Teacher Xu.
"Professor Chen, no, I'm currently discussing admission with a promising student. Sigh, they've given me a problem, and they said whoever solves it first will get into that school," Teacher Xu said in a low voice as she walked outside the kitchen.
Professor Chen noticed three pieces of information in Professor Xu's statement.
First, he found a promising talent.
Secondly, this promising student seems to be no ordinary person; he actually posed a question to the admissions officer.
Third, besides Teacher Xu, other admissions officers also approached this promising student.
Judging from these three points, the person Teacher Xu found is definitely not an ordinary promising talent.
Professor Chen became interested and asked, "What kind of promising talent? Explain it more clearly."
"Professor Chen, do you know who won first prize in this year's National Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Competition?"
Upon hearing Professor Xu's question, Professor Chen quickly guessed the answer. He hissed in surprise and said, "You mean you found this promising student who won first prize in all three subjects: math, physics, and chemistry?"
"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered coming all the way from the capital to this small place, especially since this kid has only just turned 16!"
"Then send me that question right away." Professor Chen said as he looked up the names of the first-prize winners in the National Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Competition.
Luo Yao.
Good lad!
That's amazing at 16! Imagine what it would be like if he got into university!
As Professor Chen stared at those two words on the webpage, Teacher Xu had already taken a picture of the question Luo Yao had set and sent it to him.
Professor Chen narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself, "No wonder Professor Xu couldn't solve it. This is not a question that someone like him, who switched to physics right after graduating from university, would learn."
It's really fun.
Upon learning of Luo Yao's honors, Professor Chen had already considered taking him on as a student, and upon seeing the topic, he became even more interested in Luo Yao.
A person who has just turned 16 has actually learned algebraic topology; needless to say, this must be self-taught.
Because no tutor would be stupid enough to teach something as brain-intensive as algebraic topology!
It seems that winning first prize in the national competition is just the upper limit of the competition, definitely not his limit!
Professor Chen pulled over a pen and paper and began to calculate.
Meanwhile, the other admissions officers were in the same situation, all taking out their phones and starting to make calls.
Professor Ouyang from East China University of Science and Technology made several phone calls, but the other party did not answer. Finally, Professor Ouyang contacted Professor Xia from the Department of Microelectronics Science and Engineering.
He vaguely remembered that Professor Xia's major involved algebraic topology.
"Professor Xia, I have a special situation that I need your assistance with."
"Go on," Professor Xia said succinctly, without wasting a single word.
"Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, I have a question about algebraic topology that I need your help to answer."
After a few seconds of silence, Professor Xia finally said, "Send it over."
Without saying much, Teacher Ouyang immediately took a picture and sent it to the other party.
Some admissions officers were not to be outdone; they took pictures of the questions, posted them in the professors' group, and then tagged everyone in the group to answer the questions.
On this day, a strange phenomenon occurred among these top universities.
Some professors did not appear in the classroom after the bell rang, but instead let the students study on their own. Other professors suddenly said they had something to do during class and hurriedly returned to their offices.
These professors had only one goal at this moment: to solve the problem given by Luo Yao as quickly as possible!
While the external helpers invited by the admissions officers were solving the problems, the viewers in the live stream were not idle either.
"I've never seen a true academic genius before, but now I have!"
"Good heavens, out of all the words Luo Xueba wrote, I only understood the word 'tight'! I'm so sorry, Luo Xueba TT"
"Same here! I feel like I'm completely illiterate!"
"I think I understand why Luo, the top student, sets exam questions. If he doesn't, he really won't know the level of teachers in each school!"
"Yes, those admissions officers were so confident they'd get no problems, but now they're all out making phone calls!"
"Even Professor Li, Luo's tutor, is no exception; he's probably talking to people at Tsinghua University right now!"
"Guess which school's students were the first to solve the problem?"
"I bet it's Tsinghua University; their science programs are really strong!"
"Yenching University is definitely not bad either, okay? I remember many top science students chose Yenching University!"
As the people in the live stream were discussing, they heard Professor Ouyang rush in with his phone in hand, saying into the phone as he walked in, "Professor Xia, I've turned my phone on speakerphone, you can talk to him."
Teacher Ouyang then pressed the speakerphone button on his phone.
"Student Luo, regarding the question you posed, let me first state the answer: A is compact on the topology (L, Q, T).
"To prove that A is compact on the topology (L, Q, T), first consider any open cover of A, that is, a set of open sets whose union contains A."
"Now, for each subset S in B, since each subnet of S has the Cauchy property, we can conclude that every sequence in S has a point that converges to A."
"This is because, even without such points, it is possible to construct a sequence in S that has no convergent subsequences, which contradicts the assumption that every subnet of S has the Cauchy property."
"Next, consider the open cover of A. We need to select a finite number of open sets to cover A."
"Since each subset S has a point that converges to A, we can choose one convergent point in each S, and these points form a finite subcover. Therefore, A is compact on the topology (L, Q, T)."
The live stream chat was filled with "???" comments. Netizens felt that Professor Xia's eloquent manner was very similar to their math teacher.
On the other hand, Luo Yao finally smiled after listening to Professor Xia's explanation.
"May I ask who you are...?"
"Professor Xia Qing from the Department of Microelectronics Science and Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology," Professor Ouyang said, seizing the opportunity to introduce Xia Qing as soon as he saw that Luo Yao was interested in him.
Teacher Xu and Li Hong, who arrived a few steps later than him, were standing inside the house, holding their phones and looking at Luo Yao blankly.
They were a step too late?
"Wow, Yanbei and Tsinghua are so close to first place!"
"What a pity! Oh no! I lost my bet!"
"Is East China University of Science and Technology such a prestigious school?"
"East China University of Science and Technology is definitely awesome! I remember they have a cooperative relationship with Wah Kee!"
"I remember now, Wah Kee used to have a 'Genius Program,' which specifically recruited top talents from around the world. I think one of them was from East China University of Science and Technology!"