As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 7 Midterm Exam
"Look at Zheng Li's test paper first." Liu Gui said to Zhang Jixue, he was very eager.

Zhang Jixue slowly dug out Zheng Li's from a pile of test papers: "Don't worry, the papers I gave this time are more difficult than previous ones, so don't expect too much."

Liu Gui smiled: "How hard is it to beat Qiu Sai?"

Zhang Jixue glanced at him and said nothing, Liu Gui said with a sneer, "Maybe it's more difficult."

What Qiu Sai examined was not the difficulty, but the breadth of the students' knowledge of mathematics, and the questions on the test were relatively routine.

"Why are you so optimistic about Zheng Li? Just because he made two analysis questions?" Zhang Jixue asked while correcting Zheng Li's test paper.

"Not exactly. It is very rare for a freshman to master real variable functions and measure theory, which also shows his talent in mathematics."

"It's more because I can see his love for mathematics and his wild words in the group through this. I can see that he is extremely confident."

"It's not easy to have these two points at the same time." Liu Gui explained.

Zhang Jixue asked: "It's not easy for you to lure this kind of student to study for your doctorate."

Liu Gui smiled and said, "That's not the case. I'm just happy to see Lie Xin, who is a good student."

"For such a gifted and enthusiastic student, as a senior, I always hope to give him some correct guidance."

"There are too few mathematicians from the Mathematics Institute of Jiangcheng University. The last time a mathematician from Jiangcheng University was able to give a report at the International Conference of Mathematicians was 14 years ago."

The International Congress of Mathematicians is held every four years and is the most important event in the mathematics field. It is very difficult to give a report at the main venue.

Over the years, only two mathematicians from Jiangcheng University have given reports at the main venue of the International Congress of Mathematicians.

(Note: It is very easy to make a report in the branch venue.)
Zhang Jixue: "It's quite difficult, but this goal is at least visible. I thought you would expect him to win Fields."

"He is indeed talented." Zhang Jixue handed over Zheng Li's test paper, which was full of ticks.

"Not bad." Liu Gui said.

Zhang Jixue: "By the way, I have always felt that there is a problem with our training system. What we teach students is too much."

It was rare for Liu Gui to see an old friend talking like this, so he asked, "How do you say it?"

Zhang Jixue stood up and walked to the window, taking a deep breath of the air on the mountain: "The building of mathematics was built by the predecessors, and then trimmed and trimmed by later mathematicians, presenting to the present people a very delicate structure."

"Each theorem is associated with many related theorems, but what we tell students is very empty, as if a road appeared out of thin air on the ground, without the muddy road stepped on by countless footprints before, it is just a road."

"Students only learn theorems and proofs, and the proofs shown to him are also the best proofs, but the students are not shown how the predecessors continuously optimized the process."

"That's why most of the people we train have no enthusiasm for mathematics research, because they don't feel the beauty of mathematics, the efforts of predecessors, and the sense of accomplishment in mathematics research. They just learn mechanically."

Liu Gui nodded, he could fully understand Zhang Jixue's meaning: "So these years Yanda has directly used American's textbooks."

Zhang Jixue: "Because their textbooks have many suitable examples to explain how the theorems come about. Simply put, they are more suitable for the actual situation of research."

Liu Gui interrupted: "This is not something we can change, and if we also use all English textbooks, we must win the support of the dean."

Zhang Jixue sighed: "How do you plan to train Zheng Li? He should have a solid foundation, and there is no problem with the basic courses in his freshman, freshman and sophomore years."

Liu Gui: "Just find a topic for him to do, and let him come to the graduate seminar I lead."

Zhang Jixue hurried into the classroom with a smile all over his face:

"The study committee will help me hand out the papers first."

After speaking, Zhang Jixue handed a large stack of papers in his hand to the study committee member, and then he continued: "The difficulty of the midterm exam is indeed set very high, and basically all fail. Only three people passed, which is relatively small."

Zhang Jixue is relatively old and an old professor. He went to Gaul to study for a doctorate in the 80s. He is very open-minded and seems very happy every day. It seems that nothing can bother him.

If you are an algebra teacher, if you see all the students fail, you must at least teach everyone a lesson with a serious face.

"Song Hanlin, 65 points."

"Li Jinding, 78 points."

"Finally, I want to give a special compliment to Zheng Li. Is Zheng Li there?" He looked around, "Zheng Li got 100 points in the test, and he did everything right. It's not easy."

"Wow!" The students below were clamoring. The first-year Hongyi class and the base class were in class together. It can be said that Zheng Li's score was the first in the whole year.

"He's not here." The study committee member replied after looking around.

Zhang Jixue asked: "I seem to have seen him during roll call on the first day, did he not come after that?"

"No, it seems that he didn't come after the National Day." The study committee member replied by feeling, "He is studying in the self-study room on the 6th floor of the lakeside every day during this time."

Zhang Jixue nodded: "This test paper can get full marks, so there is really no need to come to class."

"Most people didn't do well in the exam. It may be different from your expected scores. If you can get into Jiangcheng University, you still choose the Department of Mathematics. In high school, mathematics must be 140, 150, at least 130 points to start."

"As a result, when I got the paper for the first mid-term exam after I came to university, I got 30 points, and I was really a little frustrated."

"I made the topic very difficult on purpose. I want to tell you that college mathematics, especially if you are determined to do mathematics research, is completely different from high school mathematics."

"In previous years, my first midterm exam was very difficult. When it comes to the final exam this year, you will find it much easier than the midterm exam."

What Zhang Jixue didn’t say is that the questions he presented this time were more difficult than in previous years, and he chose the most difficult one in Xie Huimin’s "Lecture Notes on Mathematical Analysis Exercises" and Pei Liwen's "Typical Problems and Methods in Mathematical Analysis" topic.

There is no sub-question.

"Although the questions are difficult, everyone still needs to see the gap. Most of the time, when you can only get more than 30 points in the test, some people can get full marks in the test. The gap is still quite large."

"I hope everyone can spend more time practicing. Mathematical analysis and algebra will run through your entire university study, even to the master's and doctoral stages. These two courses are very important."

"Of course, if you do combinatorics at that time, mathematical analysis is generally fine."

The expressions of the students under Zhang Jixue's stand were a little frustrated. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. The midterm exam only accounts for 70.00% of the total grade. We have two exams later, and then the final exam. [-]%, so if you pass the final exam, your final total score will not be affected much."

"Besides, because everyone's scores are too low, I will ask the study committee to take your score and multiply it by ten as everyone's final score."

"Okay, let's get back to the midterm exam paper. Today we will mainly explain this paper thoroughly."

Few of the students in the audience were interested in listening to the professor's lecture on the test papers. They were either looking at why their own test papers only scored so little, or they were in the water group.

The freshman group can be said to have exploded at once:
"God Zheng is too good!"

"Full score God"

"Such a difficult paper can actually get full marks"

"Shen Zheng has gone beyond what I can understand."

Until someone sent out a photo of Zheng Li secretly photographed in the self-study room, and wrote on it: "God Zheng took me with him"

Afterwards, the freshman group was overwhelmed by this expression.

In addition, many people really planned to go back to consult Zheng Li after class in the afternoon.

　Back then, we scored 190 points and 260 points in our math analysis midterm exam. I scored 40 points, and then calculated the score by multiplying the square root number by 10. I was very impressed.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)