Free Web NovelChapter 1374: Chapter 1373
The calculus problem in front of Lin Fan looked like a gobbledigook mess to him; he couldn’t understand it at all. He recognized all the numbers and letters, but when put together, they were completely incomprehensible, he couldn’t even read it, let alone understand its meaning.
"Ding!"
At this moment, a system notification sounded in Lin Fan’s head.
"Today’s check-in is now available, would you like to sign in?"
Lin Fan didn’t expect to receive a check-in reminder at this moment. In his mind, he said, "Check-in!"
"Ding!"
"Check-in successful, you’ve been rewarded with top-notch computer skills!"
A stream of data surged wildly into Lin Fan’s brain, absorbed by his consciousness. At this moment, Lin Fan became the world’s most outstanding programmer, computer engineer, possessing supercomputer knowledge far beyond this era.
It was as if his worldview had been refreshed; his perspective on the world seemed to have changed entirely. He felt as though he could see the future of humanity, and as long as he sketched it out, it would reveal the outline of a civilization more advanced than the current one, one that only he could create.
This was truly an eye-opening moment.
In Lin Fan’s view, everything turned into numbers and programs; everything could be achieved through programming.
Now, facing the calculus problem again, he not only understood it, but it was as if a university student was looking at a kindergarten arithmetic problem, he could solve it offhandedly, and come up with problems tenfold or hundredfold more difficult with a flick of his wrist.
Lin Fan chuckled to himself; the system never gives rewards for no reason. Now that it gifted him computer skills, it must have a purpose, and that purpose certainly wasn’t just to defeat Stephen in front of him.
"Look at you, you probably don’t understand it at all, right? Hand it over!"
A white person next to him snatched the problem from Lin Fan’s hands and mocked him in passing.
"Hahaha..."
The crowd couldn’t help but burst into laughter, indeed, Lin Fan looked as if he couldn’t understand the problem at all. After all, this guy came from an unrecognized university in Huaxia, even students from Imperial College were stumped by this problem, so how could he possibly understand it.
Stephen smiled and glanced at Lin Fan, saying, "I forgot to ask, what was your major in university?"
Lin Fan replied, "I studied liberal arts, I didn’t have to take math, so I’ve never attended a single math class, including calculus."
Stephen couldn’t help but laugh, "Pardon my presumption, I shouldn’t have asked. It’s understandable that you can’t understand it."
Then he looked at the crowd and asked, "Everyone has passed it around, what do you think? Is there anyone who can solve my problem?"
The students all shook their heads, indicating they could not solve it.
"The academic god, indeed, the problems he poses are too difficult, I can’t do it."
"Neither can I, although I can understand it, currently there’s no solution in mind."
"Same here, I don’t even know where to start!"
A teacher said, "Stephen, this problem is very interesting. I have a solution in mind and have solved about half of it, but I need to contemplate further on how to proceed. Overall, it’s an excellent problem you’ve posed!"
The scene became lively all at once.
"Wow, it’s Jack the instructor, after all, it is Jack, being able to solve half of it shows his strength!"
"Stephen, the academic god, is truly divine, from today onward, he is King, posing problems that even stump the teachers!"
"I can guarantee that Stephen will be recorded in the history of our Imperial College London, he’s truly a genius among geniuses!"
At this point, a white middle-aged male teacher said slowly, "I’ve pretty much worked out this problem; there’s just one last step remaining. However, it’s not a big problem, give me another half an hour and I can solve it. This problem indeed has some difficulty, Stephen is quite impressive!"
Everyone was drawn to this middle-aged white male teacher.
"Ah, it’s our college’s math god, Professor Charlotte!"
"Professor Charlotte is truly divine; only he could solve this problem!"
"Indeed, it’s our own Professor Charlotte!"
The crowd was in awe of this white male teacher, the reverence not unlike that for Stephen, understandably so as they were all super geniuses and future recipients of mathematics’ highest honor.
The highest prize in mathematics is called the Fields Medal, equivalent to the Nobel Prize in chemistry or physics.
There is no Nobel Prize in mathematics. Once, a celebrity pretended to understand and boasted about the "Nobel Prize in Mathematics," exposing their ignorance to the world, making a fool of themselves.
People have said that Professor Charlotte will surely win the Fields Medal sooner or later; he is considered an outstanding mathematician.
That he could solve Stephen’s problem isn’t surprising, but even Professor Charlotte still hasn’t solved the last step.
Stephen respectfully said, "Thank you, Professor Charlotte, for your solution. I’m very pleased that it caught your interest."
At this time, a female student from Huaxia was still writing busily, having filled several pages of draft paper, but her ideas seemed all the more jumbled, like a tangled mess that only grew by pulling.
Stephen’s attention finally returned to the Huaxia female student, "You look pained, if you really can’t find a solution, maybe you should just forget it!"
The Huaxia female student shook her head; she had some stubbornness in her. Right now, she was representing Huaxia in answering the question. If she couldn’t solve it, people would mock Huaxia for not being able to surpass the West, that the West was still superior.
She was unwilling and not resigned, but her mind was already a muddled mess, very much suffering and in pain, with no hope of finding an organized solution, no chance of solving it.
"What, still won’t admit defeat? Holding on stubbornly won’t help!"
"Admitting you’re not good, admitting you Huaxians aren’t good, how hard is it really?"
"Hahaha..."
The white students burst into laughter.
Stephen said, "If you really can’t solve it, forget it. I don’t want to trouble you."
"How about I give it a try."
A voice suddenly came from the side.
Everyone was taken aback and turned their eyes collectively towards the source of the voice, and it turned out that it was Lin Fan who spoke!
"What? What did he just say?"
"He said he’ll give it a try."
"What, he’ll try? A liberal arts student who couldn’t even understand the question will try?"
"This guy must be joking, is he a monkey? Hahaha..."
The crowd, realizing what was happening, burst into laughter, full of mocking jeers.
The Huaxia female student sighed, unable to solve it herself was embarrassing enough. Now with Lin Fan saying this, the situation was even more awkward. Are they really going to bring disgrace upon their motherland this time?
Yet Lin Fan walked up to her, reaching out his hand with a smile, "Could you lend me some paper and pen?"
