Such a heroic decision surprised not only the several great magicians facing him, but also Fen sitting next to him.
Even if he had been helped by Balta before, that shouldn't be the reason for agreeing to the invitation so quickly. There was no talk about remuneration, no details, it was just delivered to the door. It was completely different from the previous statement that he had vowed to maximize his own interests first.
Realizing that he was the center of attention, especially the companion next to him who also gave him a puzzled look, Lin shrugged and said, "It is a consensus between you and me not to teach P language. After excluding that item, the remaining invitations are all What are they? It's either that I didn't mention it, or it's magic tower, airship, or flash. No one has asked me to teach mathematics yet. This is the first one. I'm so moved. Can you tell me what I can do? If you don’t know anything about mathematics, how can you teach it?”
Although the masters are all pragmatic, those who invited before focused directly on the knowledge that can be applied. But just like someone’s doubts, how far can they go if the most basic foundation is not enough? Thinking of this, someone suddenly realized that he had thought less and asked worriedly: "Your Excellency Kabambai will not ask me to teach a group of children."
Kabambai said quickly: "Of course it's impossible. Your Excellency is so talented. Wouldn't it be a waste to teach enlightenment knowledge?"
"That's good." Lin said with satisfaction. As for the originally puzzled lich, once he understands someone's thinking behind it, he no longer puts forward other opinions.
And knowing that the agreement of the magician in front of him was a decision made after careful consideration and was not done in a hurry or to repay a favor, Kabambai felt even more satisfied. Not only is he satisfied that the other party has the most basic qualities of a magician, which is rational judgment, but he is also satisfied with his own choice. This magician who constantly puts forward new knowledge really values this knowledge the most.
He glanced at his friend Bijan, who also nodded slightly.
This person will appear, and he is not just a drop-in. Although the college bears his name, it was established together with this good friend. He also has the power to participate in decision-making on matters related to the college. They invited him here because they were afraid that this long-fascinated magician was a liar who looked good on the surface but was actually a fool, so he invited a few more people to find out the details of this magician.
But judging from the behavior during the dinner, maybe the etiquette was not that good, but the other party's knowledge level was definitely not bad. Even for the questions I asked in the new knowledge, the two of them were able to give a clear answer. You should know those questions, but there are many that you don’t know the answers to.
Now that this simple interview, which was not considered a conspiracy, was passed, Kabambai became more determined to invite this person. He, his wife, and his friends all stood up cautiously, saluted heartily and said: "Since your Excellency has agreed, then I, Kabamba, -" "Witness, Bijan." " - It is a great honor to invite Gebra Ash Cui. Lord Purwood, become the mathematics teacher in my college.”
Listening to the other party's words, Lin probably guessed that the college established in the Holy City was the same as the Chengguo Eton College he founded earlier. He only allowed students to call teachers "sir" instead of "teacher" or "mentor" .
In other words, the relationship between teachers and students in the academy is still different from that of a real magician master and apprentice. For such a distinction, someone can only agree with it but not object to it. A true master and disciple have too many responsibilities.
But since the three gray-haired old men all saluted so carefully, Lin couldn't just sit there and let the other person caress his heart and bow. He quickly stood up as well, saluted and said, "I'm very touched..."
"I object!" A clear and childish female voice interrupted and stopped everything from proceeding. Standing at the door of the small salon, a young and beautiful girl approached menacingly. She threw herself coquettishly into the arms of the great magician Kabamba, and said softly: "Grandpa, if you want to teach mathematics, you don't need to find anyone else, just have me."
The great magician who comforted the girl affectionately, Kabamba could only make an apologetic expression and said: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, my granddaughter is too rude."
Listening to her grandfather protecting outsiders, the girl jumped up and said sharply: "I'm not being rude. I know all the books he wrote, and I'm better than him. Why do I need to hire a country bumpkin like him?" Teach in our college.”
He didn't feel anything about the girl's rudeness, but was instead interested in what she said. I know all the books I have written. What books have I written?
"Don't believe it? Hum, let me test you. The multiplication in your book is just a nine-nine table. At most, it is only a question of multiplying ten digits by ten digits. Then let me ask you, multiply 9,728,063 What is 11,369,697?"
multiplication? Multiply a tens digit by a tens digit? What this little girl is talking about must be the primary school textbook originally written for the children at Chengguo Eton College.
"The answer is 110, 605, 128, 706, 911. You can't answer it. With such a level of mathematics, you are already inferior to me. A mere country bumpkin still dares to teach in my grandfather's college."
"Haha." It must have been the books that leaked out in the first place. There is no denying that calculations are important to mathematics, but that is not all of mathematics. It's just that the other party is the granddaughter of the great magician Kabamba. Obviously, he can't be caught and spanked directly. Lin thought for a while and said: "Since you tested me with a question and I couldn't answer it, then I will also test you with a question. Is that okay?" Correct
"Okay, just ask. I'm a master of mathematics." The girl said proudly.
"So, may I ask, do you have paper and pen?" Lin asked the waiter on the side.
The great magician Kabamba nodded, and his butler would naturally fetch a set of paper and pens. Of course he would not despise the magician in front of him just because of his granddaughter's words. He was just curious about how the other party would impress this little girl who was so proud.
He is not the kind of grandfather who only cares about his children regardless of good or bad. Some setbacks in the journey of life are the best nutrients for growth. Of course, the premise is that it cannot threaten life. If it comes to that, he will definitely stop it. But it seems that this magician is not the kind of impulsive person who flips the table before thinking about something.
However, Kabanbai also knew that his granddaughter's intelligence and talent were not ordinary outstanding, but even to the extent that he was often surprised and admired. So he and his family also carefully cultivated this child. And such a little genius cannot be easily comforted by patting his head like a child.
As for the other person involved, he was not as angry as others imagined. He just smiled and took the pen and paper, picked up the ruler, and scribbled on the paper.
Dealing with naughty kids is just like dealing with anyone with bad intentions. If you fall into the opponent's rhythm, you will lose. The best way is to ignore the opponent. If you perform a one-man show for too long, you will easily get internal injuries. The second best way is to find another battlefield, find the opponent's weakness, and then hit hard!
The girl saw what the magician was doing, but she didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, she said: "Humph, geometry is nothing. Whether you are looking for area or volume, you can't trouble me."
Soon, Lin wrote two pieces of paper. He directly handed over the first piece of paper and said, "Come on, this is indeed a geometry problem. It is not difficult, it is very basic, but it is also very important." The other piece of paper was folded and covered with On the table, he said: "This is the answer, and the folded part is the proof process. But I have to say first that the answer is the only solution, but there are many ways to prove it. So just refer to the proof I wrote."
The girl took the paper confidently and looked through it... then turned the whole paper upside down and looked at it again... After turning it over and over several times, she suddenly lost control and shouted: "This is not a geometry problem. ? There are no numbers on it at all!" After saying that, he slapped the paper on the table. Only then do others have the opportunity to see what someone has drawn on the paper.
That is a right triangle with base a and height b. What is the hypotenuse?
Several experienced magicians and the waiters standing nearby were stunned by the simple patterns and words on the paper. Indeed, there are no numbers on the entire sheet of paper. Can this be considered mathematics?
Only Fen glanced at it and said casually: "Oh, the Pythagorean theorem. It's just something to fool children." Then he stopped paying attention.
Fen's nonchalant attitude certainly angered the girl. She cursed angrily and almost rushed forward to compete with the woman who was so beautiful that she was jealous.
Kabamba caught his granddaughter and prevented her from rushing forward. He picked up the question paper with his other hand and thought about possible answers. You can tell from the other party's attitude that there is an answer to this, and it can be calculated without numbers. Unless the concept of calculation is different from what I imagined, and the other person once said that all his knowledge is based on mathematics.
Suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred, and Kabamba asked: "Is this a variable of the P language?"
Lin sincerely admired the old magician's sensitivity to horizontal links of knowledge. However, some issues still need to be clarified and corrected to prevent wrong ideas from being fixed. "In mathematics, I prefer to call it 'algebra' rather than 'variables' in a programming language."
"Algebra, instead of numbers used for calculations. Well, that's really good." Tasting the meaning behind simple nouns, Kabamba was unconsciously intoxicated by them. Subconsciously letting go of his granddaughter, he opened the covered solutions and proofs and looked at the deduced hypotenuse solution.
Every step is clear. Make every calculation based on the most primitive mathematical basis, that is, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As for the new calculation method, it is the symbols of square and square root. But using mathematical formulas to explain it is simple and can be understood at a glance.
But compared to the deduced answer to the hypotenuse, the proof method in front of him is the real treasure of knowledge, because he understands the benefits of algebra. Like P language, he can put any actual numbers into algebra, and then he can get the answer directly through the formula, instead of having to deduce it again every time and repeat the whole process.
This also solved Kabambai’s confusion. Mathematics is indeed more than just simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exercises spread out in that thin book. There is more knowledge behind it. But now, he finally had a glimpse of a corner of that vast knowledge. All the emotions condensed into one word in his mouth: "Okay!"
