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Posted on 05/29/2009 4:32:23 AM PDT by metmom
An Iraqi-born 16-year-old reportedly has cracked a math puzzle that has gone unsolved for over 300 years.
Mohamed Altoumaimi, who immigrated to Sweden six years ago, took only four months to find a formula that explains a sequence of calculations known as the Bernoulli numbers, a code that had stumped some of the best experts in the field, Agence France-Presse reported.
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Good for him; that is awesome.
Upsala University says no:
http://www.uu.se/news/news_item.php?typ=artikel&id=693
No no mathematical solution by Swedish Teen
Swedish and international media have recently reported that a 16-year old Swede has presented the solution to the Bernoulli numbers. This is not correct. The solution was previously known to the mathematical community.
I guess the question is, did he know it in advance, or find it on his own. We will probably never know.
“Good Mohamed Hunting”?
he figured out why America elected “the one”???
One could examine him to see how well he can explain the work that he's presenting. There have certainly been some amazing mathematical prodigies and he could well be one.
Hmmmm, interesting.
If he can even understand what he did, he still rates up there with the best.
Most kids at 16 struggle with trig. Of course, my sample is pulled from your average American teen so is likely not representative of what the average well educated teen is capable of.
It would be interesting to know if he did this on his own or if he *cheated*.
I could use him to help me figure out my 7-year old’s math homework. Math like I’ve never seen.
Apparently there’s a new math curriculum called *Everyday Math* that is to us, what New Math was to our parents.
If that’s what you’ve encountered, I can see why you’ve had trouble with it as I hear complaints from teachers I know about it.
“Apparently there’s a new math curriculum called *Everyday Math* that is to us, what New Math was to our parents.”
About 90% of what I see on his homework is math I remember, but a question or two on every sheet of problems he brings home begs for a parents hand to be raised asking teacher what the heck are they asking?
Yes, but there were no Math wizards in Iraq until we invaded.......
Now, about that Rheimann Hypothesis .....
Oh well what a dumbass. So some kid on his own figures out relativity, presents his work, and the academy can say, “Well we already knew that stupid head!” Fantastic.
Could you post an example or a link to an example?
Just for a full reading...
No new mathematical solution by Swedish Teen
2009-05-29
Swedish and international media have recently reported that a 16-year old Swede has presented the solution to the Bernoulli numbers. This is not correct. The solution was previously known to the mathematical community.
The young student, from the Swedish province of Dalarna, turned to Uppsala University with his formula, claiming that it was the solution to the complex Bernoulli numbers. Senior Lecturer Jan-Åke Lindahl verified the formula, but added that although correct, it was well known and readily available in several databases. Dr Lindahl found the student to be very talented in the field of mathematics and provided him with reading material. The student, however, has not been admitted to Uppsala University, as claimed by some news outlets.
The Bernoulli numbers were introduced by Jakob Bernoulli in the book Ars Conjectandi, published posthumously in 1713.
I guess the question is if the student had access to those limited databases. Something like that could be investigated and determined to a certain percent of probability. If the student did it on his own, then it would be nice to be recognized, nonetheless.
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