The story behind the most difficult Zhejiang Provincial Mathematics Olympiad question in history!

This is an article written by a good worker on Weibo, which explores the problem from the perspective of a contestant, of course, mainly pointing the finger at the organizers of the competition, the Zhejiang Provincial Education Department and the Department of Mathematics of Jiangxi University.

According to the article,

This may be a change in the Zhejiang Provincial Mathematics Olympiad, the difficulty part of which makes everyone ashamed, this blind pursuit of difficulty and difficulty, will eventually become a joke, and some people must take responsibility.

The article is of a very high standard, and although there is not a single math problem in the whole text, it uses all kinds of out-of-context quotes and inducing vocabulary to successfully shape the contest into a farce, and the contestants become victims.

At this point,

Xu Mang was lying on the bed in the hotel room, looking at this article of more than 3,000 words, his brows couldn't help but lock.

Although I guessed that the situation would happen to this point, I never thought that the development would be so rapid, and in the era of the Internet, nothing can be hidden, but... Buddies have won so many honors, but not many people know about them.

afterwards

Xu Mang looked at the message at the bottom, and sure enough... It's all crazy, I can't talk about how crazy it is.

By observing the popular comments, there are basically two things, the first is who the questioner is, the second is that the questioner wants to apologize to everyone, and the third is to let the questioner do it himself, using the knowledge points of high school.

Followed by

Xu Mang received a call from Mr. Teng.

"Xu Mang!"

"How is your ability to withstand pressure?" asked Mr. Teng.

"The ability to resist pressure is very strong, but the ability to carry the pot is not good. Xu Mang guessed what to do next, it must be to give himself out and attract all the enemy's firepower.

Teacher Teng said helplessly: "I didn't confess you, I asked you... Can you solve all those sets of competition papers with high school knowledge? I mean all of them in four hours!"

"Hehe..."

"Four hours?" Xu Mang smiled indifferently: "I'm sorry... Can't do it!"

“...”

"It's... You..."Teacher Teng fell to the bottom in an instant.

At this point,

Xu Mang said with a smile: "Half an hour is enough for each roll!"

...

Following

This is the day when the team competition begins.

However, all the students are still lost in yesterday's super-difficult project, indeed... There are one or two questions that are given points, and compared to other questions, they are indeed points, but... It took more than two hours to solve the scoring questions.

Wish...

Don't let yourself go like yesterday in today's team competition papers.

"Ugh..."

"I have a bad feeling that today's questions are similar to yesterday's, all of them are difficult and autistic. One of the students said to his companion, "This premonition is very strong..."

"Don't, don't!"

"Don't be scary. The student said helplessly: "I finally got through it, I don't want to encounter that kind of problem." ”

Don't want to?

It's not something we can decide.

The student sighed and said calmly, "Last night I was thinking about a question, whether I am suitable for math, I feel... I am still far from the threshold of mathematics, so far that I can't see the edge clearly. ”

"Not really. ”

"Last night I was also thinking about life, I have always been the first in the class, the first in the whole grade, the first in the whole school, the first in the whole district... As a result, this first place is so vulnerable. The student smiled bitterly: "All of a sudden, all the confidence that I built up has been ruined... The person who wrote the question is too bastard. ”

The two glanced at each other, and each saw a trace of desolation in each other's eyes.

soon

The team competition begins,

The first member of the city team entered, and it was still the same brown paper bag.

Simple!

Simple!

It has to be simple!

The dozen or so players in the stadium are constantly looking forward to the next miracle.

With an order,

The contestants opened the kraft paper bag and took out a roll from it, and there were no more than ten questions.

Do only 10 questions in 3 hours?

I'm afraid it's not to...

Sure enough,

When everyone finished reading the first question, they instantly closed themselves, isn't this exactly the same as yesterday, belonging to every word, letter and number, they know it, but they are very strange together.

Finished...

It's over!

This is the question from yesterday's neuropathic questioner.

At this time, all the players in the field are going crazy, although they are the weakest in the team, but not to the point of being miserable, just a little weaker than the top of the team.

But...

Now they have an idea of what they do.

What to do?

Do you want to get some sleep?

Time

Sleeping has become the only choice for the players, but this is a provincial Olympiad competition, and sleeping on such an occasion, unless you can't think about it, generally no one dares to do it.

Heard...

Indeed, some people have slept in the Zhejiang Provincial Mathematics Olympiad.

I don't know how the hero is doing now.

meanwhile

The leading teacher off the field was once again full of confusion, why the students in the infield were all crying and mourning.

"it!"

"I'm afraid it's the same as yesterday, right?" asked one of the teachers in horror.

“...”

“...”

“...”

I'll go!

Still need to be reminded of you?

The teachers present were full of helpless expressions, never thought that even the team competition would be like this, will this competition be held in the future?

Although yesterday the teachers found the director of the Department of Mathematics of Jiang University, the other party's attitude was very tough, and he always thought that the topic was not beyond the outline... Faced with this answer, everyone was not convinced.

How can there be no super-outline, this super-class is almost gone.

Even if you let the person who wrote the question do it, it is impossible to use all the high school knowledge points.

Three hours later,

The first batch of players stepped down,

The boys are okay, sitting silently in the corner and thinking about life, but the girls have some tragedies, and they cry like big flowers.

Followed by

The second batch of contestants came to the stage, almost the same as before, and from the moment they opened the papers, everyone began to spontaneously fall silent, and then gradually died in silence.

Erupt?

How to break out?

Take what to break out?

This is completely beyond the concept of my own understanding of mathematics.

soon

The third group of contestants came to the stage, doing the same thing as the previous two batches, trying their best to solve one or two questions, and the rest is up to fate.

By the next day,

The tragedy began to recur, but by the time the last group of contestants came to the stage, the situation changed slightly.

Dare to arrange to appear in the finale at the end, its own strength is not bad, these ten or so people were not intimidated by the fifth set of team competition papers, but inspired some desire to fight.

Suddenly,

These dozen or so strong players began to write scratch paper, but they didn't know what to write.

meanwhile

Inside the venue, a young man wearing a mask and a wig appeared.

"Huh?"

"These people can do it!"

At this time, he is the author of this competition, Xu Mang, who turned the so-called mathematical geniuses in various cities into the culprits of autistic patients.

originally thought that he could see a human tragedy, but who would have thought that it would be an inspirational drama.

Not bad!

There are still a few people who can.

Finding a corner casually, Xu Mang carefully watched the performance on stage, but soon the inspirational drama gradually developed in the direction of tragedy, and the players on the stage began to be powerless, and their originally confident expressions became a little haggard.

"Teacher Liang!"

"There's definitely something wrong with this question!"

"I was the first in the whole school of No. 2 Middle School and the second place in the individual competition in Ningshi, but I..." ”

Xu Mang was stunned for a moment, and looked at the student, with a hint of stubbornness and unyielding in his expression, and a little pride and dissatisfaction.

Was it an accident?

outcome

Xu Mang walked around the competition venue, and all he heard was this kind of thing, and almost all the contestants thought that this was an over-the-top topic, not that he was not strong enough, and he didn't understand that he didn't understand mathematics at all.

Talented?

Elite?

Cut!

Xu Mang silently left the venue, and when he walked to the door, he glanced back.

youngster

I'll give you a lesson tomorrow afternoon!

...

Following

Afternoon.

Xu Mang tidied up his clothes, and there was a mobile phone on the mirror, and the mobile phone screen had an image of Xiao Man, and the two were on a video call.

"Not handsome enough!"

"Change it!" Yang Xiaoman's voice was amplified by the mobile phone amplifier and reached Xu Mang's ears.

"But..."

"But that's all I have with me. Xu Mang said helplessly: "There are no clothes." ”

"A tasteless man..."

"Lady, was I blind at the beginning?" Yang Xiaoman said angrily: "Why do you fall in love with a sloppy ghost like you?!"

This sentence,

Xu Mang doesn't like to listen,

What is a sloppy ghost called?

"Can you have a little bottom line as a man?" Xu Mang said dissatisfiedly: "I used to walk in a simple and not simple style, but now I walk in a casual and chic style, these two styles of dressing, ordinary men can't control them, okay? ”

"Phew!"

"Stinky and shameless!" Yang Xiaoman glanced at him: "Alas... Can you come back tomorrow?"

“...”

"I don't think I will be able to come back tomorrow, at least the day after tomorrow. Xu Mang thought for a moment and said to Yang Xiaoman.

"Oh..."

After hanging up,

Xu Mang went to the game site alone.

Arrived at the scene,

I found a random spot, and there was no one in the venue at this time, but as time went by, the teachers and players who led the team arrived one after another, because they were notified in the morning.

Immediately afterwards, in private, they talked about it.

What are you talking about,

Xu Mang didn't know, it was probably his own words.

"Teacher Teng!"

"Yes... Right... I'm on the spot, um... Sitting in the corner. Xu Mang received a call from Mr. Teng, and the two chatted a few words.

soon

The person in charge of the Zhejiang Provincial Mathematics Olympiad and the director of the Department of Mathematics of Jiangxi University arrived at the scene.

"It's been a hard day. ”

"In the afternoon, I called everyone over to talk about the over-the-top topics of the individual and team competitions. Teacher Teng said: "This time, I specially invited the questioners of this Zhejiang Provincial Olympiad Competition, individual competition and team competition, and asked him to talk about it with everyone. ”

it!

Is it finally going to show up?

The teachers and students looked around, looking for the bastard.

At this point,

Almost everyone saw a young man, who passed through the crowd and walked all the way to the front of the stage, to the head of the mathematics department of Jiang University.

"My name is Xu Mang. ”

"The individual and team questioners of this year's Olympiad Mathematics Competition. ”

"I heard you're looking for me?"

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