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How should I say it?

For now, it’s a problem that normal people aren’t likely to tangle with.

Simply put, the difficulty of these equations doesn’t increase linearly with the power; it grows logarithmically.

This is probably why a bunch of math freaks praised the creator of this problem.

Using a seemingly simple equation to set a big trap was just to give those new to math a tough lesson.

People, well, aren’t so different from each other.

Even those who are good at math enjoy watching others struggle, especially newcomers in the field.

Coincidentally, recently feeling his understanding of number theory has greatly improved, Qiao Yu has decided to take on this equation.

Isn’t it just finding integer solutions?

He’s sure he can do it!

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In the following days, there wasn’t really much to say; the thing Principal Zhang was most worried about didn’t happen.

Although more people were asking about Qiao Yu in the past two days, the feedback was great—Qiao Yu really ignored those people eyeing other people’s things all the time.

This completely put Zhang Tiejun’s mind at ease.

No matter what Qiao Yu’s personality is like, at least he’s trustworthy.

On the afternoon of July 4th, the day when third-year middle school students returned to school to receive guidance on filling in their application forms, Qiao Yu indeed didn’t show up, entrusting Lan Jie entirely to help him with the application process.

By July 6th, when the application time ended, Qiao Yu’s application account hadn’t been logged into a second time.

Once everything settled, Zhang Tiejun could finally relax.

This was truly stable!

Under his leadership, Railway First Middle School recruited a top student with a chance to win an IMO gold medal.

Really, a month ago, Zhang Tiejun wouldn’t have even dreamed something this good would land on him.

Of course, now he had to keep a low profile.

After all, Qiao Yu hasn’t achieved any results yet, which made Zhang Tiejun, for the first time, hope that time would pass quickly, even faster, preferably directly skipping this summer to September when the provincial league of the Olympic Competition starts, or better yet, fast forward to next June, hoping to hear the good news of Qiao Yu winning an IMO gold medal, preferably a perfect score.

Yes, Zhang Tiejun couldn’t wait to see Qiao Yu represent Railway First Middle School and sweep the competition.

Unfortunately, time isn’t subject to an individual’s will.

For instance, Qiao Yu, he actually wishes that time would pass more slowly, giving him more time.

The reason for this quiet period wasn’t just because he prearranged an agreement with the school, but also because he took on that seemingly simple equation.

At one point, he suspected the problem had no integer solutions at all, but when he threw this conclusion onto a forum, the problem creator, wearing the title of a Math Expert, popped up and replied: “I guarantee with my future mathematics career that this problem is 100% solvable with integer solutions.”

Below, a bunch of math freaks were making all sorts of sarcastic comments.

For example:

“Seriously?

Is there really a newbie tackling this despicable problem?”

“Kiddo, your courage is commendable, but math isn’t about brute strength; it’s about using your brain!

Looking at such a problem, my mind immediately tells me, stop messing around!

You can’t handle it!”

“Are you a prospective first-year student at some School of Mathematics or institute this year?

Did a mentor recommend you to come here?

Let me tell you, these number theory problems asking for integer solutions aren’t as simple as they seem.

Take my advice: the first step to truly learning math is to learn to let go.

Accepting one’s mediocrity is an essential process on your mathematics journey.

Remembering this is more important than anything.”

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Seeing these jibes made Qiao Yu more determined.

Although he wasn’t sure how credible the Math Expert’s guarantee of integer solutions was, since everyone believed the problem had integer solutions, he really got serious about it.

This was already his fifth day trying to solve this equation.

While Qiao Yu didn’t spend all his time solving the problem, maintaining his usual pace of watching videos in the morning and working on exercises related to the video content in the afternoon, at night he genuinely kept tackling this equation.

And because of this problem, he couldn’t keep the good routine he had just established, often thinking until two or three in the morning.

This was probably also related to Keke Xia’s tutorial class officially starting on July 8th.

The tutorial class had a schedule similar to middle school, with classes starting at 7:30 in the morning, so after the 8th, Keke Xia naturally couldn’t come wake Qiao Yu up for breakfast at 8 o’clock every morning.

To live this way over the summer was indeed tough, but if the goal was Huaqing or Beijing University, unless one had exceptional talent, persistence was required despite the hardship.

After all, during high school, there were plenty of students more exhausted than 996 workers.

Not to mention, as a worker, you might find some time to slack off, fooling the boss.

Choosing to slack off during high school entirely means fooling oneself.

High school is only for three years, there’s an end you can see.

Once you enter society, if you choose to start at 996, who knows how many years it will take before you see an end.

For Qiao Yu, it’s pretty much the same.

Even if he sleeps at three in the morning, undoubtedly he must get up at nine, as morning study is very necessary.

In this way, Qiao Yu spent a full ten days, finally using his home desktop computer, solving the equation on the evening of July 12th at 8:30.