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A Brilliant Young Mind Page #5
- No. No.
- Are you? No.
My passion's my work, you see.
Sorry.
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Sometimes I wonder if Nathan
will ever find anyone, you know?
Nathan's nothing like me.
If you're worried that Nathan's
gonna end up like... You shouldn't.
- I wasn't. It would be a good thing.
- You shouldn't.
- I might just pop off to the toilet.
- Okay.
I got crisps.
- Sorry.
- It's all right.
- Sorry, are you a bit stiff?
- No, what?
I mean, your back.
- Sh*t. I'm so sorry. Did I hurt you?
- It's okay. Are you all right?
No. It's okay.
- You all right?
- It's okay.
- I, um
I just want to say that, um...
- You don't...
- For me... No, I do.
In this sort of situation there's only
so far that I am able to, um, go.
And I don't want to
make you disappointed.
You... You couldn't.
I wouldn't... Sorry.
Yeah, I understand.
Do you mind if we get up? I
think I'm sat on a set square.
favourite English food is Chinese.
Do you always like to have
everything the same?
Because I change my
favourite things all the time.
I don't usually like change.
- I like it here, though.
- Do you?
I mean, the Chinese
approach to maths.
Yes?
Look.
This is called The Nine
Chapters of Mathematical Art.
This took more than
1,000 years to write.
In China, mathematics
is more than numbers.
Um, It is like art.
Here.
There are... There are
eight prawn balls. I...
It needs to be a prime.
placed in a row all face-down.
A move consists of turning
a face-down card face-up
and turning over the card
immediately to the right.
Show that no matter what
this sequence of
moves must terminate.
Nathan, hiding in the
back won't help you.
Would you like to
come up and show us?
Go on, Nathan.
Okay, so we need to... We need to
look at the cards not as cards, but as...
As numbers.
We can call face-down cards...
One.
Face-up cards... Zero.
And initially it would be a sequence of
ones as the cards are all face down.
look something like that.
And, as we can see,
that is a binary number.
And a move that consists of
turning a face-down card face up
and the card immediately
to the right of it
could be that a one
followed by a one,
will turn into a zero
followed by a zero.
That would be like that. Or it
could be a one followed by a zero
turning into a zero
followed by a one.
In either case, we can see that the
number in binary is strictly decreasing.
And that means?
Which means that the
sequence must terminate.
Because?
Because you can't keep taking
away from a positive integer
- without it turning negative.
- No, you can't.
You definitely
can't. Good work;.
Everyone. Good work.
Hello. My name's Martin
Humphreys and I'm an alcoholic.
No, not really. Well, a little bit.
Um, I've got MS, that's why I'm
here. I got that group tomorrow.
No, seriously, thank you for
everybody who's, shared and stuff.
Because there's definitely
things that I can identify with
and that I definitely recognise;.
So, there's this person
I like, but I know
how bad I'm gonna get
and it's very difficult to imagine
any sort of a rosy future
part of that future with me.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Um...
Because you...
This is ridiculous.
Because in a few years' time I might not...
I might not even be able to hold hands
or have a little cuddle.
And...
That really, really scares me.
We should ask the others to suggest
a variety of trigonometric identities
to simplify the expressions, which
could include, say, coversine
or possibly covercosine or
versine or excosecant and so on.
Luke, we're trying to think of
fun questions for each other,
we're not trying to prove how many
trigonometric identities we know.
Well, then I really don't see the point.
We are competing with each other.
You can pretend you're everyone's
best friend all you like, Isaac,
but I'm here to
get on the team.
Sorry, when have I ever tried
to be your best friend, Luke?
Nathan, this is a democracy,
yours is the casting vote.
Yes. Democracy in the true Chinese
sense of the word. Forget it.
- We'll just do your question...
- Are you gonna sulk?
Boo-hoo-hoo, poor Luke.
Sorry.
- I've come across people like him before.
- Definitely autistic.
He seems to have picked up all the
bad traits and none of the good.
- What bad traits?
- Obsessive.
- Socially incompetent.
- That sort of thing.
It's about adaptability, Nathan.
Sometimes we have to change
our shape so that we fit in.
That was you pushing the cage.
- I did not!
- Yes, you did! Polly!
Polly Parrot, wake up!
Polly!
Now that's what I
call a dead parrot.
I love this. It's stinky tofu.
Stinky?
That's horrible.
It stinks but it tastes
really, really good.
Look.
I used to play this when I was
small, in my hometown, as a child.
A sweet.
- It's sticky.
- It's stuck in my teeth.
You have a funny face.
You don't like it? I'll eat
it. And you can have this'.
We should... We
should probably go.
Aren't you...
Aren't you worried
about the exam?
Well, it is good to have a
break. Clear your mind.
Don't worry. We will both get into the
Olympiad in Cambridge. The IMO.
And I will meet your family
when I come and stay with you.
My cultural exchange.
Look at this.
You're a bit like a
turtle, aren't you?
In your shell.
Come on.
In China, do boys
like me get bullied?
"Bullied"?
You know, like when people treat
you badly because you're clever.
Why would they do that?
I wish England was
more like China.
I wish China was
more like here.
In China we have to
succeed for the family.
Especially for Uncle Deng.
Some people say that I am
only here because of him.
That's not true. No,
you're really clever.
Thank you.
And you're very nice.
Prawn ball. Turtle boy.
Alternate team seating.
UK team member,
Chinese team member.
Alternative seating. UK team
member, Chinese team member.
IMO conditions apply.
White card if you
request some paper.
A blue for water.
Green if you need
to go to the toilet.
Yellow to ask a question but
only in the first half-hour.
And red if you've left the gas on at home
or something and you need to leave.
The six of you who score highest will
represent Team UK, no "ifs", no "buts".
You may begin.
"Each integer is coloured
either red, yellow or green."
"Show that there
always exist A, B, C,"
"such that A, B, C."
"A plus B, A plus C..."
"A plus B, A plus C, B plus
C and A plus B plus C"
"are all the same colour."
Right! No point in
dilly-dallying, I suppose.
I'll pin your scores up on
the board in a second.
The five outstanding students
guaranteed a place at the IMO
in Cambridge this year are...
Isaac.
Lee Jing.
Rebecca.
Pav. And Ben.
The last place was very tight
between Nathan and Luke.
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