From all-round academic master to chief scientist

"You are mathematical geniuses who stood out from tens of thousands of people across the country. Your excellence does not need to be described in too many words."

"Relax and you will become the best team in the world."

"The motherland is looking forward to your outstanding performance. We are here to wish you a triumphant return!"

July 6, Shanghai International Airport.

In front of the security checkpoint for the international departure, Gong Zhou, secretary-general of the Chinese Mathematical Society, sent his last blessings to the six teenagers before their departure.

For the Huaguo Mathematical Society, as long as Lin Xiao and the others can get the first place in the team in IMO, it is of course a good political achievement and they can get awards from above, so they pay more attention to this matter every year.

Of course, they are relatively relieved about this IMO national team.

The six players this time, probably because of the presence of Lin Xiao in the middle, formed a catfish effect among geniuses, so that the other five players also worked hard for so many days.

Although Sun Yu, Ouyang Sheng and others call Lin Xiao 'Lin God' all day long, they are also studying seriously. They sleep seven or eight hours a day, and the rest of the time is spent studying besides eating.

Even if it is impossible to get full marks casually like Lin Xiao, and it is even less possible to directly study world-class problems, everyone is struggling to win glory for the motherland.

No one would say that they saw someone so awesome that they quit.

Therefore, judging from the past situation, the chance of winning the first place in the group this time is very high.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Lin Xiao and six others responded in unison.

They are all students anyway, so just call everyone you see teacher.

"Haha, okay, let's go, then Professor Chen, the children will be left to you."

Gong Zhou smiled and nodded, then looked at the deputy team leader Chen Qiusheng and an accompanying observer.

As for Professor Li Huaimin, since he is the team leader and has other responsibilities, he has already left for Romania several days in advance.

Professor Chen Qiusheng nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have been there twice and I am familiar with them. It is just in time to meet those old friends."

"Um."

Without further ado, Lin Xiao and the others passed the security check and arrived at the boarding gate. Soon it was time to check in and board the plane, and they boarded the plane together.

“It’s my first time going abroad, and I don’t know what Romania is like.”

Sun Yu and Lin Xiao were sitting in a row, and he sighed with emotion.

Lin Xiao smiled, "Anyway, the moon in the sky should be as round as in China."

Sun Yu rolled his eyes: "Of course I know, I'm talking about people outside."

"It's not just one nose and two eyes."

"That's probably it." Sun Yu nodded: "God said that there must be light, and the world will have light. God said that everyone must have one nose and two eyes, then everyone must have one nose and two eyes. .”

Ouyang Sheng, who was next to him, hugged Sun Yu and said, "I'm still not as good as you in terms of being a loser."

Sun Yu: "My pleasure."

Lin Xiao shook his head speechlessly, saying a few words before turning here.

He simply put on his headphones and listened to Rachmaninoff, then took out the Theory of Group Representation from his schoolbag and started reading. Since it was inconvenient to study Mersenne primes on the plane, he had no choice but to read.

Group representation theory is the direction he is currently studying. His research on Lie groups has reached a very in-depth level. In the process, group representation theory, a powerful tool for studying groups, made him think that he must continue to do this. Part of more research.

And this book is also compiled by a foreign master mathematician. The content is very difficult, and it is all in English.

Of course, since he had studied group theory and Lie groups before, Lin Xiao had a very solid foundation in group representation theory, so it was relatively easy to learn now. As for the book, although it was in English, he could fully understand it.

When several people nearby saw Lin Xiao, they immediately started reading the book. When they looked at it again, they saw that the book was actually in English. They immediately said, "I can't afford to offend you," and then they all took it out. I picked up my own collection of wrong questions or something I could read, and started my own study.

The other passengers around looked at these six teenagers with expressions of surprise. The plane hadn't even started yet, but they actually started reading a book?

Some people took the initiative to inquire and learned that these six teenagers were going to represent the country to participate in the international mathematics competition. They were all in awe, and then sent their blessings one after another.

Young people are those who go out to fight for the country and deserve their blessings. Although this "outing" is not a battlefield, as long as they go abroad to win honor for the motherland, it is worthy of encouragement.

Of course, in addition to Chinese people, there were also some Romanian people who took this flight. After they learned about it, they also gave these six teenagers thumbs up. They could speak a few words in Chinese and said " Words like "Awesome" and "Return triumphantly".

All in all, everyone was very enthusiastic. After Lin Xiao and the others felt the encouragement from these strangers, they became more willing to fight.

IMO, a must win!

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The plane flew across the sky, arriving over the Black Sea from the ancient East.

Romania is located in southeastern Europe, close to the Black Sea.

In Romania, the mathematics atmosphere is relatively strong. Although no Romanian mathematician has won the Fields Medal, there are still many people who are interested in mathematics.

Moreover, even the International Mathematical Olympiad is closely related to Romania.

Professor Roman, a Romanian mathematician in 1956, proposed the initiative, and the first International Mathematical Olympiad was held in Romania in July 1959, with only six countries participating at that time.

Now it is the 59th IMO. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959, so it is a commemorative event to be held in Romania now.

It’s just different from the first time it was held. Today’s IMO has become a grand event in the international mathematics community. Countries around the world send their best young people to come here to show their mathematical prowess. Among these young people, There may be a future Fields Medal winner.

In addition, in addition to IMO, there is also a mathematics competition called the Romanian Mathematics Masters. It is also a competition for high school students. It is more difficult than IMO. Every year, only worthy countries are invited to participate. After all, IMO has to take care of it. Weak country.

There is no need to say more about this competition. After all, Lin Xiao and the others are here to participate in IMO.

In this way, after flying in the sky for eleven and a half hours, Lin Xiao and his plane finally arrived at the city hosting this IMO and the second largest city in Romania, Cluj-Napoca.

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