Chapter Thirty-Three: Genius

  Zhou Tai saw Xuan Fei's reaction, but he pointed to the blackboard on the stage and thought that Hei Mian was going to answer the question again. So he rubbed his eyes, looked at what Hei Mian had written on the blackboard, and then said directly: "According to the vector projection theorem, its projection is equal to the modulus of the vector multiplied by..."

  But when Zhang Fei started to explain, Hei Mian was stunned because this question was written by him and prepared for the next lesson. Half of it used the vector projection theorem that he had just explained half an hour ago, and the other half involved the problem of triple vector mixed product, which he hadn't even taught yet.

  This little guy who always sleeps in class actually explained this question without any difficulty?

  University math, if only to cope with the exam, is not actually difficult. The difficulty lies in truly grasping knowledge and understanding concepts. If you can't understand, then memorizing and cheating through exams are not much different - it's just a matter of whether you've memorized the cheat sheet or written it down on paper. But how do you know if you really understand?

  Flexible application, combining several concepts together, can clearly analyze and solve problems, is the flexible application. As far as Heimao knows, almost no one in the class can do this. They know that one plus one equals two, and they also know that two plus one equals three, but when it comes to adding up three ones, they won't be able to calculate.

  Hei Mian deliberately set this question, combining two knowledge points to train the minds of these students, also preparing a few of them for the math competition. However, before he could even explain, Zhan Fei had already solved the comprehensive problem without any issues.

  Moreover, from Zhanfei's words, Heimian could also sense that Zhanfei's thinking span was extremely large, even larger than his own as a teacher of analytical geometry for many years. He had to turn his head around to understand the meaning behind Zhanfei's words, let alone the students below who were completely bewildered.

  Two minutes later, Zhan Fei finally finished speaking. Hei Mian nodded slightly and said: "Sit down, Zhan Fei has let me see what a genius is like. He slept through a whole class and still easily solved this comprehensive question."

  And the thinking is so broad, the method used is so clever, even I, as a teacher, feel inferior. Our department really has hidden dragons and crouching tigers! Next month there's a math competition, originally the third person selected hadn't been confirmed, but now it's you, Zhang Fei!"

  Everyone was shocked to hear Hei Mian's words, staring at Zhan Fei. Although Zhan Fei had performed well last time, it was just good enough, but this time, it was completely different, even Hei Mian called Zhan Fei a genius.

  What kind of person is Hei Mian? The vice president of Bozhou Institute of Technology, he himself is a Ph.D. in mathematics from Tsinghua University, and has been teaching at Bozhou Institute of Technology for many years. There are seven or eight departments with math majors in the entire college, all of which are taught by him. After so many years of teaching, he has taught nearly 8,000 students, but this is the first time he has ever uttered the word "genius"! One in ten thousand!

  Han Qing's mind also involuntarily recalled the scene of Zhan Fei reading a book as if flipping through it, could this guy really be a genius as Hei Mian said? And with that terrifying speed, he can flip through the book and completely understand its contents in one go? That's just too freaky!

  Zhan Fei also froze for a moment before sitting down. The title of "genius" was not unfamiliar to him, as he had been called that in elementary school, junior high school, and high school. However, after entering university, he became just another face in the crowd. He hadn't expected to hear this title again after so long, and it felt really great.

  Math competition, sounds pretty interesting. There's still a considerable amount of time before the exam, and I want to get a high score to show my mother, but it'll take some time. Today is already the 25th, and there isn't much time left until the math competition. If I can bring back an award, my mother will definitely be very happy, right?

  But with my current knowledge, I may still be a bit short of getting an award in the provincial math competition. Okay, later, go to the library to recharge!

  After finishing the dark-faced class, Zhan Fei left the classroom and rushed to the library. The library has a large collection of math books, among which the textbooks for their four-year university course are only over 30 volumes, and there are many other books, including translations of works by foreign mathematicians.

  These books are very beneficial for Zhanfei to expand his knowledge. He stayed in the library for two hours until after one o'clock, when he went to eat, and then returned to the library again. Zhanfei also lived a hard learning life similar to Liu Yuan's.

  Of course, Zhan Fei's efficiency was much more terrifying than Liu Yuan's. Compared to his own previous performance, it was also much faster, because after this upgrade, his intelligence value had already reached 20 points.

  The next morning, the sun was shining brightly. Bozhou Institute of Technology also ushered in its annual summer sports meeting. The various classes sat down around the playground according to their original plan, displaying their class positions, which happened to be not far from the rostrum. More than 20 people in the class formed a small square array.

  This time, no one was absent, after all, it's a sports meeting that takes place once a year. The school also checks more strictly, and the class leader needs to count the number of people, so those who usually stay in their dormitories also came out to see the sun.

  After everyone sat under the sun for about ten minutes, it was finally 8:30. The host and teachers walked up to the stage, and then the host began to say: "The wind is gentle and the sun is shining brightly, our Bozhou University of Technology has welcomed the summer sports meeting of 2014..."

  Here is the translation:

  Next comes a long-winded speech, after four or five minutes, finally getting to the point: "First up is the men's 100m preliminary round, okay, next, please welcome the athletes onto the field!" Since it's just a school sports day, there aren't too many formalities, and if possible, they'll finish all the events in one go. However, for short-distance running, it's not feasible because unlike long-distance running, where dozens of participants can line up together to run, short-distance running has distance limitations, so each person needs to occupy a separate lane.

  The school playground has only eight tracks, so the events need to be held in batches. The 100m, 200m and 400m races as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m relay heats will be the main events this morning, with each event starting with the men's followed by the women's. After these events are completed, the men's and women's long-distance running events will follow immediately.

  As for the long-distance running, it will directly enter the final, with dozens of participating athletes running together. After the men's and women's long-distance running events are completed, the finals of various short-distance running events will be held, allowing those short-distance runners to have some rest time. As for events like shot put, they will also be held simultaneously.

  Because these events do not have a hard time requirement, if there is a conflict with the relay race, it can be done later. Next, the boys in the class who participated in the sprint came on stage, and from their expressions, it can be seen that they did not take this competition seriously, but just participated.

  In fact, most of the classes' representatives have this attitude because Bozhou University of Science and Technology has sports students. Every year at the sports meeting, almost all the awards are taken by those sports students. Other class representatives, even if they have some natural talent, find it very difficult to compare with those professional athletes, so everyone is just going through the motions.