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"If I guess correctly, you are classmate Ning Chen, right?"

Ning Chen was a little surprised when he heard Tong Yicheng's words. He had never seen Tong Yicheng before, but he was recognized by Tong Yicheng at once.

The other students were also a little confused about the situation in front of them and looked at Ning Chen curiously.

"Yes, I am Ning Chen."

Because Tong Yicheng often helps teachers with students, he has had contact with many undergraduate students majoring in mathematics.

Tong Yicheng had never met Ning Chen before, but Ning Chen was the only unfamiliar student in the classroom, so Tong Yicheng could make such a judgment.

"Ning Chen, I have finally met you in person. Your article "New Exact Solution to the Sine-Gordon Equation with Variable Coefficients" really impressed me very much. Teacher Yang has always asked me to learn more from you. Hey, if I had written that paper, I wouldn’t have to worry about not graduating.”

Speaking of which, when Tong Yicheng first heard that a freshman majoring in materials had published a mathematics paper for the second district, Tong Yicheng was a little skeptical.

But when Tong Yicheng carefully studied Ning Chen's paper, he gradually realized the subtleties of Ning Chen's research.

Tong Yicheng admired a genius like Ning Chen from the bottom of his heart, even though Ning Chen was several years younger than him.

Tong Yicheng's attitude towards Ning Chen was very enthusiastic, which was in sharp contrast to others.

Seeing Tong Yicheng's attitude, other students were very surprised.

"Brother Tong, are you saying that this freshman majoring in materials science has already published a paper?" Zhu Yi asked.

Although the official website of Shengzhou University released the news that Ning Chen published a paper, this did not actually attract the attention of undergraduate students majoring in mathematics.

After all, they have not yet entered the stage of scientific research, so being able to be shortlisted for training in this competition is already something that makes them very proud.

"Of course, why else would Teacher Yang let Ning Chen come to participate in the training? Don't think you are great. In terms of competition, you may not be able to compare with others!"

Tong Yicheng's words were like a basin of cold water poured on them, which made them lose their temper all of a sudden.

It is indeed an irony that the person they looked down on before was praised by their senior brother.

"Being able to publish papers doesn't mean that the competition must be great..."

Zhu Yi didn't give in, but his voice when he said this was much softer.

Ning Chen's mood was still very calm, and he was not affected by the outside world.

Ning Chen knew clearly that competition and scientific research were indeed two different things. People who could do scientific research well might not be very good at competition.

But Ning Chen believes that he can do both competition and scientific research well at the same time.

In the following time, Tong Yicheng gave everyone a general introduction to some things about the competition.

Tong Yicheng once participated in high school mathematics competitions in high school, and also participated in competitions such as the National Undergraduate Mathematics Competition and the National Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Competition in college. He has rich experience in competitions.

In the subsequent training, Tong Yicheng will continue to participate in some tutoring work to help everyone improve their ability in mathematics competitions in various subjects.

At 9 o'clock, the teacher in charge of the competition finally came.

This time, a man with glasses and a messy hairstyle came in.

It was Liao Jun, the teacher in charge of training for this competition.

But compared to Tong Yicheng, Liao Jun's baldness was more serious. Ning Chen seemed to see what Tong Yicheng would look like in the future from Liao Jun's body.

"I'm a little late for something, Issei, you go ahead and do your work first."

"Okay, Teacher Liao."

Liao Jun didn't say any nonsense and went straight to the point and explained about Qiu Chengtong's college student mathematics competition.

Ning Chen had already known a lot of things here before, but Ning Chen still got some new information from them.

"One point that is particularly emphasized is that this Qiuchengtong College Student Mathematics Competition will be answered in English. Therefore, during the training stage, we must learn relevant English knowledge to be able to read without any barriers. questions and answer them.”

Hearing Liao Jun's words, the students below couldn't help but sigh.

"Teacher, why do you have to answer the questions in English? Can't you translate the questions?"

"Yeah, even IMO doesn't require answering questions in English, so why do you have to answer questions in English here? Isn't this competition for students from China?"

As undergraduate science students, many of them are not very good at English, at least not to the level where they can understand English questions and answer them in English.

Ning Chen didn't mind such a request. With the professional vocabulary he had learned when writing papers, Ning Chen felt that answering the questions in English would not be a big problem.

"This rule is specifically requested by Professor Qiu Chengtong. Although this is a competition for Chinese college students, many foreign teachers will participate in the marking process. When you go to graduate school, you will be exposed to a lot of literature. They are all in English, and the same goes for writing papers. It will definitely be good for you to learn professional English vocabulary early."

Ning Chen also agreed with Liao Jun's point of view. If you cannot master professional English vocabulary, you will indeed have great limitations in the process of learning and research.

Although everyone is a little dissatisfied with this rule, after all, they cannot change the rules. Since they have chosen to participate in competition training, they can only abide by the requirements of the competition.

"This competition is divided into five individual events, namely analysis and differential equations, probability and statistics, geometry and topology, applied and computational mathematics, algebra and number theory. Everyone chooses the individual event that they are best at, and the subsequent training will Everyone will focus on this individual event, and we will also use training results to determine the final five members who will participate in the team competition."

"Because in the team competition, each member can only be responsible for one subject, so only the best person in each subject can be selected to become the final team member."

After listening to Liao Jun’s explanation, a classmate raised his hand and asked:

"Teacher Liao, can everyone apply for multiple items at the same time?"

"This is also possible. According to the rules, if you are willing, you can register for all five individual events. Of course, I suggest that you should focus on one of the individual events."

Liao Jun knew in his heart that the students at Shengzhou University were not very strong. Being able to learn one subject well was already very good. Taking care of multiple subjects at the same time would only lead to the loss of one.