Chapter 148: Solving a Worldwide Mathematical Problem
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The supervisor stood stupidly, with a shocked look on his face, and it had only been forty-five minutes, and the student had actually finished answering the question, regardless of whether his answer was correct or not, this speed alone was quite terrifying!
After being stunned for a long time, he walked onto the rostrum with Feng Xiaotian's test paper, which seemed to be to let people check the accuracy of the answers, Feng Xiaotian sighed when he saw this, and thought: I should have submitted the paper in advance, what image should I pay attention to, is it embarrassing to submit the paper in advance?
Thomas was sitting on the rostrum, although he didn't like to waste time on this kind of boring invigilation, but as the chairman of the organizing committee of this Olympiad, he at least had to make a show, just as he glanced at the students in the audience with a stern face, an invigilator walked to his side with the test paper, and then he heard the invigilator whisper: "Mr. President, look at this test paper, are these answers correct?" β
The answers to the test papers are still under wraps, but why did the invigilator show Toms the test papers? This involves the real identity of Toms, he is actually an internationally renowned mathematician, and he is also the head of the mathematics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Thomas took the test paper from the proctor and asked, "Where did this paper come from?" β
The invigilator replied truthfully: "It's a Chinese student." He was sleeping on the table just now, and I wanted to disqualify him, but he said that he had finished the test paper, which I thought was a little weird, so I brought the test paper to you to see. β
Thomas was stunned when he heard this, only to see him turn his head and say, "What did you say?" Someone has already finished the exam paper? This...... Well, I'll look at the answer first. β
Toms first set his eyes on the first question, and after watching Feng Xiaotian's complete answering process, he couldn't help but whisper: "Well, the idea is clear." It's well organized and the answers are correct. β
Then he turned his attention to the second question, and after reading it, he smiled and said: "This solution method is very novel, and ordinary people can't think of it." β
Then came the third question, and Thomas slapped the table after reading Feng Xiaotian's solution and said, "Beautiful!" Very capable! Wonderful! β
Thomas spoke a little loudly. The invigilator had to remind him: "Mr. President, it's still in the game......
Toms smiled awkwardly when he heard this: "I forgot ......"
The remaining questions 4 to 6. The more Toms looked, the more surprised he became. Feng Xiaotian's method of solving the problem was as unexpected as ever, and when he saw the last question, he fell into a sluggish state, staring at the answer written by Feng Xiaotian with his eyes, as if he was analyzing whether Feng Xiaotian's answer was correct.
After a few minutes, Thomas couldn't sit still anymore. I saw that he immediately got up, grabbed the invigilator's arm and said, "Hurry up and take me to see this student!" β
Toms's eyes lit up at the moment, his expression looked a little scary, and the invigilators were terrified by him. At the same time, I wondered: How could Mr. President become like this? Don't you usually look kind?
After a moment's pause, the invigilator took Tom to Feng Xiaotian, only to hear him say to Toms: "It's this student, he just -"
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Thomas immediately stretched out his hand and said excitedly, "Hello Huaguo boy! I'm Toms and it's a pleasure to meet you! Can we go outside and have a chat? β
Feng Xiaotian shook his hand, and then hesitated, "This...... Am I still eligible? β
Hearing this, Thomas nodded again and again: "No one can deprive you of your qualification!" Even if God comes, I won't say yes! β
After Thomas finished speaking, he pulled Feng Xiaotian out of the competition venue, many students who were participating in the competition turned their heads to watch, and the invigilator had to remind everyone to pay attention to discipline. Could it be that Feng Xiaotian cheated? Impossible, right...... Does he need to cheat? But if he didn't cheat, then why did Chairman Thomas pull him out?
The small commotion quickly subsided, and the students continued to think hard about how to solve the problem, Tom pulled Feng Xiaotian into the organizer's office, only to see him put Feng Xiaotian's test paper on the table, and then ...... Then he stared at Feng Xiaotian and didn't say a word for a long time.
Feng Xiaotian was stared at by him extremely unnaturally, he felt that Mr. Toms's spirit was very likely to be wrong, otherwise why did his eyes shine brightly? The more he looked at it, the more awkward it became, and it didn't take much effort for Feng Xiaotian to get goosebumps all over his body, and after a while, Feng Xiaotian's ass was like a bag, and he saw him moving from side to side on the chair very unnaturally, and then said, "Mr. Toms...... ...... you pulled me over? β
Thomas rubbed his palms when he heard this, then pointed to the last question on the test paper and asked, "Do you know what this question is called?" β
Feng Xiaotian didn't even look at the test paper when he heard this, and replied directly: "I know, this is Fermat's theorem." β
Hearing this, Thomas asked, "Do you know what your answer means?" β
Feng Xiaotian paused, and asked curiously: "What does it mean?" β
Toms couldn't sit still anymore at the moment, only to see him slap his face and say: "It means that the problem that has plagued the world's mathematical community for three hundred years has been solved by you!" β
After Thomas finished speaking, he walked around the office with extreme excitement, and after a moment he was stunned, then turned around and ran away, Feng Xiaotian looked at his speeding figure, and muttered, "Yes...... Is this necessary? I'm not afraid to fall when I run so fast......"
After saying this, he set his eyes on the test paper, in fact, he had already figured out the answer to the last question - he had seen this problem two years ago, this problem was proposed by the French mathematician Fermat, who asserted that it should be an integer n >2, there is no positive integer solution for the equation x^n+y^n=z^n for x,y,z. Feng Xiaotian thinks this question is very boring, the so-called Fermat's great theorem is just used by people who are full of food and have nothing to do to kill time, and it is not helpful to reality at all, even if the existence of this theorem is proved, what can it be?
This is like a math problem in Huaguo, the problem is roughly like this: a swimming pool, open the water injection pipe can be full in an hour, open the drainage pipe can be drained in 40 minutes, and now the pool is full of water, if the water injection pipe and the drainage pipe are opened at the same time. How many minutes does it take to drain the water?
Feng Xiaotian is very speechless about such a topic, of course, people learn knowledge to use, first fill the pool with water, and then open the water inlet and drain pipes at the same time, what do you want to do? Sick in the brain, right?
This Fermat's theorem is similar β when the integer n>2. The equation x^n+y^n=z^n about x,y,z has no positive integer solution β there is no good without a positive solution, does it make sense to prove that something without zΓ i exists? Where is this theorem used?
Of course. It's just Feng Xiaotian's idea. He hates the so-called world problems that look awesome but have almost zero practical value, and he might as well go and watch the ants move! At the very least, it would be possible to analyze the characteristics of ants and the relationship between their movement and the natural environment.
In this case, why did Feng Xiaotian solve Fermat's law? Because he was bored on that night two years ago. Feng Xiaotian is a person who can't be idle, and once he is idle, he will feel very uneasy. That night he sat in the room in a daze after dinner, and after a while he took out a mathematical book to relieve the emptiness in his heart, and Feng Xiaotian saw Fermat's law in this book, so he began to think about the method of argumentation. It took him about 20 minutes to solve this so-called world-wide mathematical problem! Later, he felt that he was not satisfied, and continued to think about it for a while, and came up with two other solutions.
This kind of topic is really not the type that Feng Xiaotian likes, so he put down the book and picked up "Western Philosophical Thoughts" instead, and until now, he has not picked up that mathematical work again.
What surprised him was that today's Olympiad competition actually came out of this question, Feng Xiaotian didn't know how meaningful this question was, he just finished this question according to his answer ideas two years ago, and then he fell asleep on the table, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid that it would take a while for Toms to find out.
Feng Xiaotian looked at the answer he had written, and said uncertainly: "Is this question so difficult?" No one has been able to make it for 300 years...... Isn't that incredible? β
Feng Xiaotian couldn't understand it, it only took him more than 20 minutes to solve this problem, and then he came up with two other ways to solve the problem in a row, but Thomas just said that this problem has plagued the world's mathematical community for 300 years, are those so-called mathematicians stupid? And if this question is really difficult, how can it be used as an Olympiad question? What does the organizing committee think?
As soon as Feng Xiaotian thought of this, there were a large number of footsteps in the corridor, mixed with Tom's excited voice: "You must not think of it!" It's incredible! A teenager actually solved Fermat's theorem! β
Feng Xiaotian heard the movement and immediately got up and sat down, and then saw dozens of people squeezed in at the door of the office, Feng Xiaotian also saw Teacher Chen tutoring the Olympiad in the crowd, Teacher Chen was crowded in the middle of the crowd, with an excited expression, when he saw Feng Xiaotian sitting on the faΓ§ade of the office, he was stunned, and then he squeezed over and asked: "Feng Xiaotian, why did you come out?" There's still a game going on inside! Don't...... You were kicked out for breaking discipline? β
Feng Xiaotian couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "Teacher Chen, am I the kind of person who likes to get into trouble?" I was called over by Mr. Toms. β
Teacher Chen thought for a moment when he heard this, and after a while, he instantly thought of the key to it, only to see that he was shocked and said, "This, this, this...... Wind Laughing Days...... Could it be that the person who solved Fermat's theorem according to Professor Thomas is you!!? β
Teacher Chen's eyes widened as he spoke, and his cheeks, which had been a little red because of excitement, were now pale at the moment, as if he had been greatly frightened, Feng Xiaotian looked at his appearance, and hurriedly reached out to support his somewhat weak body, and then nodded and said, "It's meβhey!" Mr. Chen! What happened to you?! β
When Teacher Chen heard this, the strength in his body seemed to be drained, if it weren't for Feng Xiaotian holding him tightly, I was afraid that he would fall to the ground.
Feng Xiaotian looked at Mr. Chen's somewhat stupid expression, and thought: Before going abroad, you also asked us to pay attention to the image, saying that we must not embarrass the Chinese people, aren't you embarrassing the Chinese people now? I made the question, you need to be excited like this? (To be continued......)