In the evening, civilians holding old newspapers crowded the church, and there were still two or three hundred people on the street outside.
Mawei collected their newspapers one by one, asked them to write their names, and waited aside.
The Sudoku puzzles in newspapers are not difficult. This nine-square grid logic game was first published in the Evening Times. Due to the good response, other newspapers followed suit and gradually spread.
Simple Sudoku questions couldn't stump Ma Wei. When Li Wen went out to distribute newspapers, he solved all the questions and came up with his own answers. Now he just needs to compare them based on the answers he solved. You will know which people are gifted in logical thinking.
"Mr. Chechulin, Mr. Sakharov, Miss Shankina..."
The names with the correct answers were read out one by one from Ma Wei's mouth. The people whose names were called showed excitement. They immediately found Christopher and received the reward.
"Mr. Crisp, Mr. Almeev...huh?"
Ma Wei, who was checking the answers, suddenly stopped and looked at the newspaper in his hand and fell into deep thought.
The answer in the newspaper was different from the answer he solved. Ma Wei originally thought that the other party's answer was wrong, but after careful observation, he found...
The other party used a different solution. The idea of solving the problem was completely different from his, and he also came up with the correct answer.
The answers to Sudoku questions are unique, and multiple solutions to Sudoku questions do not comply with the standard rules, but how rigorous can a Sudoku question published in a newspaper to kill time be?
Ma Wei encountered an exception.
On the newspaper in his hand, the other party gave another idea for solving the problem, which made his eyes light up.
Ma Wei couldn't wait to look at the signature on the newspaper - Misha.
Misha?
He was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and found a girl in the crowd who was wearing a large woolen coat and was not as tall as an adult man's chest.
The other party grabbed the opening of the woolen coat and huddled in the rear corner, staring directly at him with a pair of dark brown eyes. She was the girl Ma Wei had seen during the day.
Ma Wei stood up and walked to Misha and asked: "Did you figure out this answer?"
"Yes." Misha nodded: "My sister is a tutor. She taught me how to read... Did I decipher it wrong?"
"No... you got it right." Ma Wei smiled and said, "Go over there to receive the reward you deserve. Don't leave in a hurry."
With that said, Ma Wei raised his voice and shouted to everyone: "Anyone who can solve the correct answer, please stay for a while. We have a second test and the rewards will be even more generous!"
"Message! Isn't Her Highness Katerina here yet?"
"Not yet!" Lai Wen stood at the door and looked up.
The second test cannot be as simple as the first public screening. For this reason, Mavey specifically asked Edward to inform Katerina and ask the other party to bring professors from the Royal Academy of Sciences to come and let them set the questions and start the second test.
After receiving the news, Katerina was probably already on her way. Mawei patiently approved the newspaper carefully.
Among the 230 people who came to the church to answer questions, only 100 people answered correctly and successfully received the reward. Based on the number of newspapers distributed with the communication...
The correct rate is only a few percent.
And this number will be further reduced in the second and third tests.
A true one in a million.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, a carriage drove up from the far side of the street and slowly stopped at the entrance of Znamensky Cathedral. Katerina got off the bus first, followed by several people with old faces, sparse hair but bright eyes. A bright old man.
"Father, I brought you someone."
Katerina pointed at the old people and said: "These are professors and vice-presidents of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Romanov Kingdom. They are elites in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. They have countless students...right, Ali Vice President Kexie?”
"Your Highness is too kind..."
The old Mediterranean man standing at the front said with a smile: "Without the funds sponsored by His Highness every year, the Academy of Sciences would not be able to achieve what it is today. Father Mawei, I heard from His Highness that you have found a group of geniuses. Where are they?"
"Here's the thing."
After Ma Wei expressed his thoughts, the scientific elites headed by Vice President Alexey nodded and responded: "It is a good idea to use Sudoku problems published in newspapers to find geniuses, but it is not necessarily We can find real geniuses... But since we are here, we should ask a few test questions. Professor Kovalev, how about you come up with the questions?"
As a professor at the School of Mathematics, Kovalev was naturally the best choice to pose the question. He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, walked up to Misha and others without a smile, looked at them for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I came up with it." The questions will be difficult, and those who are not confident can leave.”
After hearing his words, some people in the crowd backed down, hugged the bread and turned away, without even having the courage to answer the question.
“To engage in science, you must have enough confidence.”
Seeing that the remaining people had no intention of leaving, Professor Kovalev continued: "If you don't even think you can do it, how can you explore profound academic issues?"
"The questions I want to ask are still Sudoku types, but based on the nine-square grid, a new Sudoku problem is derived, the conjoined Sudoku."
Picking up the quill pen, Professor Kovalev drew five superimposed cubes on the white paper. Each cube had nine horizontal and vertical grids, interconnected with each other. The difficulty was suddenly much higher than the interesting Sudoku problems in newspapers and periodicals.
The writers quickly copied down the questions he asked and put them in front of the candidates.
"Solve this question within an hour. Those who exceed the time limit will leave voluntarily. Don't waste time." Professor Kovalev said coldly.
The remaining candidates did not dare to waste time. After getting the questions, they immediately found an empty space to sit down and began to think hard.
"Boss..."
Laiwen came to Ma Wei and asked in a low voice: "Can you solve this problem?"
Ma Wei looked at the complicated question and shook his head after a while: "If you give me enough time, you can, but you can't solve it within an hour..."
At this time, everyone realized that the questions given by Professor Kovalev were indeed difficult and only a true genius could solve them within an hour.
Time passed by, Professor Kovalev and others sat on stools, drinking freshly brewed black tea, chatting in low voices with Katerina, mostly asking questions about when the next quarter’s funds would be released. , several professors even secretly wiped away their tears and said with a cry that they would not be able to hold on any longer and had to give money... give money...
Facts have proved that no matter how top-notch scientific research tycoons are, they cannot escape the fate of asking for research funds.
Engaging in scientific research is inherently expensive work.
Half an hour later, Misha, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly put down her charcoal and stood up. Holding the question in her hand, she walked up to Ma Wei and said, "I'm done..."
Mawei quickly took it, and just as he was about to check whether the answer was correct, Professor Kovalev snatched it away.
With a terrifying sight behind his gold-rimmed glasses, Professor Kovalev stared at the answer that Misha had solved. His face gradually became serious. After a long time, he raised his head and asked: "The principle of mutual exclusion of strong and weak links...region blocks" The theory...the hypothetical ending...is simply unbelievable, what's your...name?"
"Misha."
"Who is your teacher?"
"My sister."
"What's your sister's name?"
"Dasha."
Professor Kovalev frowned deeply. He had never heard of a woman named Dasha in the field of mathematics. He found Vice Dean Alexey and asked carefully to confirm that this woman named Dasha was not a woman in the field of science. member, and Misha has no teacher...
"Misha, I want to give you another question." Professor Kovalev said seriously.
Misha glanced at him and then at Ma Wei. In the latter's encouraging eyes, she nodded in agreement.
"God's Coming"
Seeing that Kovalev was serious, Vice President Alexei and others looked at each other, got up curiously, came to Misha's side, and looked at her...
Solve the mathematical problems that Kovalev asked himself bit by bit.
Surprises and surprises arose one after another, and the vice dean and professors almost lowered their heads to the paper. As Misha's writing became slower and slower, and the calculation reached a bottleneck, Kovalev said: "No need to forget it."
"I'm sorry..." Misha lowered her head and said, "I can't figure it out..."
"It's normal that we can't figure it out. This is Poincare's conjecture, and there is no answer yet."
Kovalev took a deep breath: "Misha, will you be my student?"
