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Chapter 113 The competition questions are extremely open

Chen Zhou borrowed Li Li's computer and searched online to find the official website of UPC.

The interface of the official website is very simple, with only an introduction in English and some basic information about previous events.

Chen Zhou first glanced roughly, and muttered to himself: "It seems that the English level still needs to be improved."

Although he can make do with it, there are quite a few professional terms and vocabulary that he doesn't know.

From this introduction, Chen Zhou learned the basic information of this event.

All participating teams must be officially registered on the website by an instructor before the competition.

The trainer will also act as their team advisor and will be responsible for verifying that the players are adhering to the competition rules and paying the team registration fee.

All entries must be submitted at least 6 hours before the official start of the competition.

After the game starts, each team chooses one of the two questions that appear on the website to answer.

The problem itself can be understood by students with at least one year of college physics experience, but the design concept of the problem is open.

Therefore, this event is mainly a challenge for senior students.

Also, these questions may contain incomplete information, and participating students must conduct background research.

Based on the corresponding background, make some reasonable assumptions.

On the basis of these assumptions, the analysis is carried out.

In other words, there is no clear and correct solution to the competition topic.

This piece of information alone made Chen Zhou affirm the challenge of this event.

After all, open problems are the hardest to solve.

In the competition, the team members can use books, periodicals, computers, the Internet and the programs they write or any other non-biological resources.

However, they will be prevented from negotiating with anyone other than the team members.

This requirement also corresponds to what was said above, the design of the problem is open.

The competition organizing committee has complete confidence, and you cannot find the correct solution to the problem from any channel.

Then, there are requirements for the results of the final competition.

Teams must conduct a theoretical analysis of a proposed scheme using principles of physics and write a formal paper in English detailing their work.

Each paper must begin with a 300-word abstract providing key details and results of the work performed.

For Chen Zhou, writing in English may not be so comfortable.

The experience he has gained from the last research project is enough to ensure that he can complete this work.

Therefore, when Chen Zhou saw this request, he thought it was not a big problem.

At the end of the competition, the competition official requires that papers must be sent to the designated official mailbox by email.

There are clear requirements on the sending time, which must be within 48 hours of the official start of the game.

After the competition, the competition organizing committee will evaluate and rank all the participating papers, and the best about 2% of the papers will be awarded the gold medal winners.

然后是15-20%为银牌，25-30%为铜牌，以及50-60%为优秀选手。

As for the remaining at least 40% of the participating papers, they can only win the Participation Award.

In short, Chen Zhou's first feeling after reading the entire competition introduction was that there was something about this competition, and it could be regarded as a small research project.

The difficulty of this competition lies in how to accurately analyze the problems and propose solutions from the open questions within 48 hours.

And conduct theoretical analysis on the program, successfully complete the entire subject, and complete an English thesis.

The allocation of time and the division of labor among personnel must be reasonable.

For Chen Zhou, it is the first time to participate in this kind of competition, the challenge is self-evident.

After knowing the information of the entire competition, Chen Zhou searched for the topics of previous competitions.

Looking at the searched information, Chen Zhou couldn't help but feel that the openness of this question is really not so big, there are all kinds of questions from small to large.

It sounds awesome, [Send light-pressure-propelled miniature spacecraft to Proxima Centauri], [Send laser-propelled nano-models to Alpha Centauri], [Protection of Mars exploration spacecraft], this kind of game question.

The topic itself is not only extremely open, but also a practical problem in the field of aerospace research.

Considering that the sponsor of the event is the Astronomical Society of the United States, Chen Zhou can understand why there is such a question.

And there are also questions that sound like life, such as [Roller Coaster Design], [Composite Dimensions of Turner], and so on.

Although it doesn't sound that tall, the theoretical knowledge of physics involved is no less than the above.

Because it is closer to life, the difficulty of the topic is not simpler than that of astronomy, but more difficult.

Chen Zhou wrote down these competition questions on the draft paper, and kept tapping the draft paper with the pen in his hand.

Looking at the information and requirements of the competition problem [Shoot light pressure-propelled micro-ship to Proxima Centauri], Chen Zhou tried to think about how he would solve the problem.

"Models, need to build reasonable models"

As Chen Zhou thought about it, the pen in his hand landed on the draft paper, and he started writing quickly.

The difficulty of this problem lies in estimating the motion of objects on a cosmic scale.

Only by constructing a reasonable model, and the physical theory involved in the model, needs to be able to justify itself.

Afterwards, on the basis of the model, a quantitative analysis is made on the associated physical phenomena.

One thing, only after doing it, will you know its actual difficulty.

Looking at the draft paper that he was writing and drawing, which quickly filled up, Chen Zhou sighed slightly, this thing is really troublesome.
"Chen Zhou, what are you writing?" When Chen Zhou stopped writing, Li Li moved his head closer.

"Look." Chen Zhou pushed the computer in front of Li Li.

Li Li glanced at it: "Damn it, you stopped reading mathematics and started doing physics?"

Li Li's voice successfully attracted the other two friends who were buried in their books.

Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli got up and moved behind Chen Zhou.

Zhao Qiqi: "Tsk tsk tsk, International College Physics Competition"

"Huh? You know this?" Chen Zhou looked back at Zhao Qiqi.

Zhao Qiqi nodded and said: "I understand that the mathematical modeling competition called physics is comparable to the beauty contest of digital modeling, but it is more inclined to practical problems. It is said that the problems are extremely open and difficult to solve."

But Zhu Mingli said strangely: "Chen Zhou, the mid-term exam season is about to expire, why do you look like this? Are you going to participate? But it seems that this needs to be organized by the school?"

Chen Zhou replied: "It was organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yiyi wanted to participate, so I joined."

After a pause, Chen Zhou asked: "Are you going to participate? They are recruiting people from the Institute. If you want to participate, I will ask for you."

Zhao Qiqi shook his head, and Zhu Mingli also shook his head. Their plan was to withstand the pressure inside the dormitory first, and then participate in the math competition next year.

Li Li said: "Chen Zhou, can I participate?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, IMO gold medal, are you going to make a move?" Zhao Qiqi joked.

Li Li: "Go while reading."

Hearing this, Chen Zhou smiled and said, "Let me ask for you."

Before the words finished, Chen Zhou's cell phone rang.

The caller ID is [Professor Wu Xiping].

(End of this chapter)