Chapter Forty-Eight: Peaks and Loops

But this question is indeed an Olympiad problem......" said the old man in the tunic, with a sad face.

"Of course, this is an Olympiad problem, but do you know the origin of this Olympiad problem?" Director Liu paused, and then said: "I checked on the Internet before, this question was originally a question on the graduation answer sheet designed by a professor from a top foreign university for the graduate students of their school, and because of the high difficulty, less than one-tenth of the graduates of their school can successfully solve this question!" Later, a Ph.D. in the field of mathematics was used as his graduation thesis, simplifying the 11-step solution steps of the original standard answer to nine steps, and then published it in the world-famous mathematics journal "National Mathematics Weekly", which caused great heated discussions!

"Director Liu, it's really my fault this time, I've not been in good health recently, which has led to my negligence in my work, and I'm willing to accept any ......punishment given to me by the leaders," the old man in the tunic said this, his face was a little gloomy.

"Hey, Mr. Qin, you are also a respected old comrade in our bureau, originally, it is not a big deal if something like this happens, anyway, it is an additional question, it doesn't matter if the difficulty is higher, but the problem is that recently Kyoto has come to several experts from the Ministry of Education, they are specially coming to our city to do research and guidance work, this city's Olympiad competition, is also part of their investigation, they are all senior experts with 'fiery eyes', if I don't deal with it this time, I'm afraid it will be regarded as a ...... of inaction." Liu Changchun sighed and said.

Liu Changchun's words are very clear that if there is a mistake in this test paper, if he cannot find a responsible person to punish him, he, as the director of the bureau, will personally bear this 'pot', and it will even affect his future career! This is of course unacceptable!

"I see......" The old man in the tunic took off his glasses and let out a sigh.

Seeing this, everyone present was silent, and there seemed to be some sympathy in their eyes when they looked at the old man.

In fact, the person who was called Teacher Qin by Liu Changchun of the Education Bureau was the person in charge of the special proposition expert group of the Heyang Education Bureau.

Teacher Qin's name is Qin Chengguang, is an old teacher with decades of teaching experience, conscientious, has been rated as an excellent teacher in Heyang City for several years, many years before the primary and secondary school students examination papers are in charge of the proposition, can be said to be the most senior proposition expert in the whole Heyang.

And he was responsible for revising the city's Olympiad test papers, but because he was seriously ill with a fever during this time, an omission finally became a serious error in the Olympiad exam papers.

"Director Liu, but the problem is, I feel that Mr. Qin's questions don't seem to exceed the standard. At this time, a young female teacher sitting at the very edge of the long table suddenly said.

"Didn't exceed the standard? Are you kidding me?" Liu Changchun frowned when he heard this, and said: "Since you said that the difficulty of this additional question is not exceeded, then I will ask you, among the candidates who took the exam this time, can anyone do it?"

"The Olympiad is already difficult, and some questions are normal if you can't do them......," the young female teacher whispered.

"Teacher Zhou, you are the youngest teacher to participate in the proposition group in a few years, and you don't understand the seriousness of some things!" Director Liu sighed and said seriously: "I also know that you want to intercede for Teacher Qin, but if the question is wrong, it is wrong, this is not allowed to be sloppy, this Olympiad Mathematics Competition, if there are really students who can make this question, I didn't say what I said just now!"

Director Liu, there is indeed a candidate who got a perfect score of 100+10 in this exam. As soon as Liu Changchun's words fell, another middle-aged female teacher present suddenly said.

"It can't be!"

"It can't be!"

As soon as the middle-aged female teacher's voice fell, Director Liu and Qin Chengguang said in unison.

"It's true......" The middle-aged female teacher held her glasses with her hand, and then said: "That's the case, the marking work of this Olympiad exam is nearing completion, and among the more than 400 exam papers that have been reviewed so far, there is indeed a candidate who has obtained a full score, including the additional question that is completely consistent with the standard answer!"

"What!? Is there such a thing?" Liu Changchun was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he said to the female teacher: "Teacher Zhou, can you transfer that exam paper to me immediately, I will check it myself!"

"Okay. The middle-aged governess nodded, then got up and left the conference room.

More than ten minutes later, when the middle-aged female teacher appeared in the conference room again, she was holding a few Olympiad test papers in her hand.

"That's the paper that got a perfect score, and this is the standard answer. The middle-aged female teacher gently spread the test papers and answers in front of Liu Changchun.

And Qin Chengguang also stood up at this time, gently wiped his glasses, and sat next to Director Liu.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly became strange and solemn, and everyone's eyes were focused on the exam papers in front of Director Liu.

One minute, two minutes...... Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

"I really got all the answers right......" When Liu Changchun took his eyes off the test papers, his face was already full of surprise.

"Genius...... What a genius!" Qin Chengguang couldn't help but exclaim after carefully reviewing the last question at this time.

"Could it be that this candidate has already studied this question in advance?" Liu Changchun said.

"Impossible!" Qin Chengguang frowned, and then said: "Just now you said that when this problem was published in the International Mathematical Weekly, it took nine steps to solve the problem, but this student only used ...... The answer was found in six steps!"

"What!?"

As soon as Qin Chengguang's words fell, not only Director Liu, but even all the teachers in the entire conference room exclaimed, stood up one after another, and came forward to watch the exam paper.

"It really only took six steps, this student is amazing!"

"It's a genius indeed, and I couldn't have come up with such a perfect solution in such a short period of time. ”

"Actually use the Bézier function!Could it be that this student has already mastered advanced mathematics in college......

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For a while, the entire conference room was like a frying pan, and everyone was amazed by the answers to this additional question, and they also began to guess the origin of this candidate.

"Such an excellent student, is it our urban No. 1 middle school? I think only No. 1 middle school can have this kind of talent. ”

"I feel that it should be our Yinghao Middle School, the students of No. 1 Middle School are really excellent, but it is only relative to the middle schools in this city, on the contrary, many students in Yinghao Middle School are the top students selected by the country, and this candidate should be Yinghao Middle School nine times out of ten. ”

"That's right, I also think it should be Yinghao Middle School, although Yinghao Middle School is a private aristocratic school, but both the teachers and teaching hardware are much higher than our other middle schools in Heyang!"

"In fact, in recent years, the second school in our urban area has been good, and the college entrance examination admission rate has always been among the best!"

"This is most likely a ...... for our school"

"Okay, don't argue! Check the exam number to find out where this student comes from. Seeing that the originally serious venue was in a mess, Liu Changchun stood up violently, took out a bunch of keys from his trouser pocket and handed it to the middle-aged female teacher next to him and said, "Teacher Yang, you go to my office and bring the laptop on my desk." ”

"Okay!" The middle-aged governess nodded, turned and left the conference room.

After sitting back on the chair, Liu Changchun felt an indescribable sense of comfort all over his body.

At present, experts from the Kyoto Education Bureau are doing research in Hayang, if a talented teenager can be discovered through this Olympiad competition, then his mistake in the exam will not only not be criticized, but will become a good political achievement for him!

The old fritters in the officialdom are best at whitewashing their performance, which is even better for Liu Changchun, who has been in the education sector for decades!

He has even begun to plan to use his connections in the local radio station and newspaper to package this gifted student, and as long as the student is rewarded high enough, the other party should be able to say something to praise the local education department!

And just as Liu Changchun's mind was turning rapidly, and he was thinking about how to 'make a fuss' about this matter, the middle-aged female teacher had already walked into the venue with a laptop.

The degree of secrecy of this Olympiad is naturally far less than that of the college entrance examination and the high school entrance examination, so the test numbers and information of all candidates in this exam are simply stored in Liu Changchun's private computer.

Liu Changchun took over the computer, turned it on, skillfully opened a document, quickly entered the test number of this full-score exam paper, and clicked the search button.

In an instant, a candidate's file has appeared on the computer desktop:

Name: Duan Yun

Age: 17

Secondary school: Locomotive Factory Middle School

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