In this Qiu competition, although the number of medals won is still ranked first by Yanda University, Qingmu University's results are undoubtedly the most dazzling.

Qin Ke won seven gold medals, Ning Qingyun won four gold medals, Jiang Zhenjie and Ximen Hui both won one silver and one bronze respectively, and Gan Zhihang won one silver and four bronze. Of course, Qin Ke's team also had a team competition.

Champions Gold Cup.

These five people alone could eclipse Yan University's Qiu Sai results, not to mention that the other fifteen Qingmu students also did fairly well in the exam. Most of them could get silver or bronze medals, which was enough to make Wei Yuanfu burst into laughter.

Not close.

Only then did Wei Yuanfu feel proud and proud, and even his back straightened. No one dared to secretly laugh at Qingmu University for "making wedding clothes for others". In the mathematics competition he organized, his most dazzling prize was taken away by Yanda.

of honor.

Therefore, at the dinner party, Director Wei, who had a wide network of friends, personally took Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to toast to various elders in the mathematics community (Ning Qingyun drank drinks), which could be regarded as adding some connections to the two young people.

In fact, many of the guests, including Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, knew each other. Not to mention Academician Wang Xiaoyun, there were also several academicians and industry giants. Qin Ke had brought Ning Qingyun with him during the Spring Festival to the Ning family.

I visited him in the name of someone who was an important person who had a good relationship with the Ning family.

In addition to some professors whom I met at the Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award Ceremony, as well as mathematics professors who I met when I went to Yanda to take classes, there were more than 50 distinguished guests present, and Qin and Ke actually knew nearly half of them.

The remaining half were also introduced by Director Wei, who was good at singing and dancing.

On such an occasion, it was natural that everyone was in harmony with each other. Among them, Professor Nie Yongwen of Xia Ke Academy was the most interested in the two of them and invited them to visit or intern at the Mathematics Institute of Xia Ke Academy.

However, Lan Weifeng, another professor from the Institute of Mathematics of Xia Ke Academy, who was standing next to him, had a complicated expression when he saw the two of them.

One of his research groups was responsible for the mathematical modeling work of Professor Duan Yonggong's breakwater project. As a result, Qin Ke and his colleagues discovered eleven small errors in this mathematical modeling. However, these errors were caused by a series of accidents during the experiment.

, almost became the most direct factor in the experimental accident, which made Professor Lan Weifeng, who had always been strong, feel ashamed.

In embarrassment, he returned all the previous remuneration to Professor Duan Yonggong's laboratory, and then personally led the project team to optimize and correct the mathematical model day and night. It was not until yesterday that the eleven points pointed out by Qin Ke were completely repaired.

It's a small mistake, so I sent it to Professor Duan's laboratory for free.

This is equivalent to this huge mathematical modeling work. After two years of busy work, he did not earn a penny, and he also participated in the team's salary and benefits...

Today Lan Weifeng took out the invitation letter from his busy schedule and came here because he wanted to see how talented and amazing these two rising stars Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun are, and he even wanted to find out.

But when he saw the two of them, Lan Weifeng's anger suddenly dissipated.

Because he noticed that the eyes of these two young students were so clear and pure, and they were not the kind of vain people who specialized in criticizing and trying to show their presence. It seems that these two children spent a lot of energy to find problems from mathematical models.

We were just discussing the matter and did not have any intention against him, Lan Weifeng.

Lan Weifeng paid special attention to the expressions of the two of them when he was introducing himself. As expected, he saw that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun had no idea that they had had a "confrontation" with him. They didn't even know that his research team was responsible for Professor Duan's wave protection.

Problem project mathematical modeling.

In the end, Lan Weifeng just sighed, "Young people are scary", shook hands with Qin Ke politely, and also invited him to come and sit in his office when he is free...

For Qin Ke, this Qiu competition has won some gold medals and certificates, and the system’s “scores make me improve” function also awarded academic points.

"Ding! Congratulations, you performed well in the Qiu competition. You set a new record in the Qiu competition with seven perfect gold medals. The system assessed your 'score' as 'S-level' and the 'score makes me improve' function is in effect.

Your academic points (mathematics) are 70!”

Probably the system believed that with his quasi-master ability at this time, it was natural for Qiu Sai to get full marks for participating in such a graduate difficulty level. Therefore, although he was rated as "S-level", the actual math academic points awarded were only 70 points, which was higher than his

The reward for being the best speaker at the Pudong University academic conference is still small, but at least he earned 100 academic points that time.

Although mosquito legs are still meat no matter how small they are, considering the waste of time and energy and the lack of a great sense of accomplishment, Qin Ke decided that he and Ning Qingyun would not participate in college mathematics competitions in the future.

Including the most famous mathematical modeling competition.

For college students’ experience in mathematics competitions, Qiu Sai is enough.

He spoke his thoughts frankly in the interview with reporters after the dinner, which made many students who were interested in participating in the mathematical modeling competition breathe a sigh of relief and look at Qin Ke and Qin Ke with a bit more real admiration.

Knowing how to advance and retreat without knowledge, and giving some honors and opportunities to those who need them more, this kind of generosity will undoubtedly make people more impressed and fond of you.

…

Qiu Sai ended like this. Qingmu University promoted it in a glorious way, and the media also made a fuss about Qin Ke's record-breaking results. However, the netizens were "numb" and there were not many boos. Most netizens were

It’s the playful attitude of “don’t do anything basic”.

[Hey, when will students Qin Shen and Ning win international awards, or conquer some world-class problems, then @me? It’s just a math competition for college students, and you media have the nerve to seize it to promote it. Isn’t this a disguised form of debasement?

Are Qin Shen and Classmate Ning the gods? (Dog Head)]

[I beg the media to respect the opinions of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun and stop paying too much attention to them and disturbing their normal study and life!]

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Both comments have received more than 100,000 likes.

Thanks to the "calmness" of netizens, the media soon died down, and the attention around them also dropped. The lives of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun were also able to return to the normal track of daily life.

They go to class, study by themselves, participate in class activities, play basketball, date on weekends, go back to their new home, and live a sweet world for two, calm and warm, but they are praising the beauty of their youth all the time.

Of course, Qiu Sai also had a follow-up incident, that is, the school awarded each of them an additional scholarship of 200,000 yuan. Half of the 200,000 yuan was awarded by the school and half by the mathematics department.

In addition, Wei Yuanfu also specifically reminded Qin Ke that since Polignac's conjecture was proved, he would submit the paper through the school as the conclusion of this year's "Qingba" project and reimburse the funds.

Qin Ke's "Qingba" project cost 1 million yuan, but in fact Qin Ke didn't spend a penny.

He does not hold meetings to discuss, does not go on business trips, and thirdly does not need to pay himself and Ning Qingyun any salary. Even small expenses such as printing and copying of stationery for hydropower sites are all handled directly by the school in the name of "Qing Ning Mathematics Research Laboratory"

.

Scientific research funds have not been used or reimbursed. According to regulations, they must be recovered by the school and then used as a whole. However, there is no way that Qingmu University will recover these funds from Qin Ke. When this paper is published in the "Annals of Mathematics", another two

People are rewarded.

So Qingmu University waved its hand, and this million became the scientific research funds of the "Qing Ning Mathematics Research Laboratory".

After the project is completed, it needs to be reported at different levels. Finally, the project is truly completed after approval from the superiors. You can apply for new projects, and then a new one million yuan of funds will be allocated.

A mere one and a half million dollars was no longer in Qin Ke's eyes. He entrusted all these process matters to Director Wei Yuanfu to handle it on his behalf.

Wei Yuanfu was not familiar with these procedures for a long time, so he specially appointed an administrative teacher from the mathematics department to help Qin Ke run these procedures and hand in materials.

Qin Ke is the only one in the entire Qingmu University who can get administrative teachers to help him with things.

Wei Yuanfu arranged everything and asked curiously: "Qin Ke, do you plan to start a new subject recently? Or should you take some time off to relax first?"

Qin Ke asked strangely: "Relax? Isn't it just that I am relaxing when I participate in the Qiu competition?"

Wei Yuanfu: "..."

Well, I have to keep pace with the times and get used to talking with such super geniuses in new ways of thinking.

"Then you plan to start a new subject?"

Qin Ke nodded.

Wei Yuanfu suddenly became excited: "It's still about mathematics, right?"

"Yes. I will not stop working on mathematics topics. As long as I have time, I will keep a topic in hand. This time I plan to delve into the hail conjecture first."

"Hail conjecture? 3n 1?" Wei Yuanfu was very excited. This is a world-class mathematical problem that is even more famous and difficult than Polignac's conjecture. He couldn't help asking: "How long do you think it will take to get it?"

Results? Can half a year be enough?"

This time it was Qin Ke's turn to be speechless.

Director Wei, do you think too highly of us? If the Hailibong conjecture can be solved in half a year, will it still dominate the mathematics world for nearly fifty years but no one can crack it?

Seeing Qin Ke's expression, Wei Yuanfu rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "Aren't you...used to you and Ning Qingyun guessing the progress every six months? Okay, you can decide the specific time yourself, and the school will not rush you.

In short, our mathematics department will definitely support you strongly in this project. When your Qingba project is completed, we will help you submit the hail conjecture. This project is more difficult, and we will find ways to help you two win 1.5 million.

You don’t have to worry about scientific research funding. You don’t necessarily need to prove it within two years, as long as you can produce successful research results.”

Wei Yuanfu's attitude was warm and friendly, which made the administrative teacher next to him, who was used to him lecturing people with a straight face all day long, almost drop his jaw.

Wei Yuanfu couldn't care less about the administrative teacher. After Qin Ke left, he repeatedly told the administrative teacher to handle the Qingba project for Qin Ke, and happily ran to report to the vice principal Gu Bojun...

…

Qin Ke did what he said, and during the self-study time that night, he and Ning Qingyun worked on the Kakutani conjecture, also known as the Hailstorm conjecture.

The hail conjecture has several other names, such as Kratz's conjecture, and the simplest "3n 1" conjecture.

Why is it called the "3n 1" conjecture? Because the content of this conjecture is: for a positive integer x, if it is an odd number, multiply it by 3 and add 1, if it is an even number, divide it by 2, and repeat the calculation in this way, regardless of the mathematics of the process

How huge, the final result will be 1.

It would be more intuitive to describe it in terms of a mathematical game:

"Take any positive integer N and transform it according to the following rules: If it is an odd number, the next step becomes 3N 1. If it is an even number, the next step becomes N/2. If it is transformed repeatedly, N will not be able to escape in the end.

into the 4-2-1 loop at the bottom.

This is a very interesting mathematical game. It was extremely popular in American colleges and universities in the 1970s. From students to faculty, they are constantly trying to find exceptional positive integers, but even if they have calculated all the positive integers less than

Among the natural numbers, no mathematician can find an exceptional number.

Of course, the rules of this mathematical game can be changed freely, such as "If it is an odd number, the next step becomes 3N-1." The result will still be a cycle of fate, but it will no longer be a 4-2-1 cycle.

This seemingly simple mathematical game has stumped countless mathematicians, and no one has been able to prove it mathematically so far.

Of course, it is impossible for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun to come up with ideas all at once. This Hailstorm Conjecture project can only be advanced slowly. In the early stage, they mainly read the relevant research materials of mathematicians around the world to obtain inspiration and deepen their understanding. It is estimated that they will actually start

Launching an offensive will not take place until at least August.
To be continued...