SandEagle
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20...hs-puzzle-3cd7efd.html
I'm guessing he's leader of the Al-Gebra group
I'm guessing he's leader of the Al-Gebra group
Originally posted by: SandEagle
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20...hs-puzzle-3cd7efd.html
I'm guessing he's leader of the Al-Gebra group
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
damn...i wish i was that brilliant
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
damn...i wish i was that brilliant
Originally posted by: SandEagle
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20...hs-puzzle-3cd7efd.html
I'm guessing he's leader of the Al-Gebra group
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: SandEagle
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20...hs-puzzle-3cd7efd.html
I'm guessing he's leader of the Al-Gebra group
Of course you know that Algebra comes from the Arabic al-jabr and the father of Algebra is Muhammad al-Kwarizmi.
Originally posted by: SandEagle
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20...hs-puzzle-3cd7efd.html
I'm guessing he's leader of the Al-Gebra group
Originally posted by: thecrecarc
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
damn...i wish i was that brilliant
I would say the same thing, but I know that even if I were I'd still be sitting around ATOT all day.
Laziness ftl.
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
That's fucking awesome, that kid is going to grow up to be amazing.
Originally posted by: deftron
Don't get it...
OP link
"cracked a maths puzzle that has stumped experts for more than 300 years"
Another link
"Teen figures out 300-year-old math problem"
but goes on to say... "while the Bernoulli numbers formula had previously been solved, Altoumaimi's work was praised as a result of his young age and educational level"
So he didn't really come up with something new? Just performed at a much more advanced level than expected for his age. Doesn't this happen all the time? However, for all we know, he could have Googled or Wikied it...
Papers seem to be stretching to get a story here.
A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant, who figured out a solution to a complex maths puzzle, was not the first person to come up with a successful formula, Sweden's Uppsala University said in a statement Thursday.
Swedish media, including the website of the Dagens Nyheter daily, reported Thursday that Mohamed Altoumaimi had found a formula to explain and simplify the so-called Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations named after the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli.
The Falu Kuriren newspaper, which ran the original story, said Altoumaimi was the first person to crack the puzzle and had enlisted the help of a senior lecturer at Uppsala University to check his formula.
But a statement published on the university's website said the reports were inaccurate.
"Senior lecturer Jan-Aake Lindhal verified the formula, but added that although correct, it was well known and readily available in several databases," the statement said.
The Falu Kuriren also reported Altoumaimi had been offered a place at Uppsala once he finishes high school, but the institution denied this was the case.
"The student... has not been admitted to Uppsala University," the statement said.
Originally posted by: whylaff
Or maybe not...
A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant, who figured out a solution to a complex maths puzzle, was not the first person to come up with a successful formula, Sweden's Uppsala University said in a statement Thursday.
Swedish media, including the website of the Dagens Nyheter daily, reported Thursday that Mohamed Altoumaimi had found a formula to explain and simplify the so-called Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations named after the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli.
The Falu Kuriren newspaper, which ran the original story, said Altoumaimi was the first person to crack the puzzle and had enlisted the help of a senior lecturer at Uppsala University to check his formula.
But a statement published on the university's website said the reports were inaccurate.
"Senior lecturer Jan-Aake Lindhal verified the formula, but added that although correct, it was well known and readily available in several databases," the statement said.
The Falu Kuriren also reported Altoumaimi had been offered a place at Uppsala once he finishes high school, but the institution denied this was the case.
"The student... has not been admitted to Uppsala University," the statement said.