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Chinese math genius takes just 1 night to solve problem that puzzled group of mathematicians for 4 months
Yahoo News ^ | 05/12/2022 | Bryan Ke

Posted on 05/13/2022 9:33:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A Chinese genius flexed his mathematical prowess by solving a problem that flummoxed a team of mathematicians with Ph.D.s for four months in a single night.

Wei Dongyi, a 30-year-old assistant mathematics professor at Peking University in Beijing, came to the rescue after six mathematicians called him for help as they tried building a complex mathematics model. After using the equations he provided to alter their experiment, the team’s model obtained a passing rate of over 96%.

The mathematicians wanted to pay the professor to show their gratitude, but he declined.

"It’s unnecessary to pay me for such an easy problem," he said.

Wei, who became known as “God Wei,” eventually asked for a recharge of his transport card as a form of compensation.

“It is not rare or surprising to us that Wei can solve the puzzle that other people cannot because he is smart and is hyper-focused on math problems,” Chen Dayue, the dean of Peking University’s School of Mathematical Sciences, told Chinese news platform Jiupai News.

Wei was reportedly accepted to Peking University without taking the gaokao, China’s national college entrance exam, due to his math skills and past achievements, including his two consecutive victories at the International Mathematical Olympiad while he was still a high school student.

He also turned down an offer from Harvard, which went so far as to offer an English language waiver and an interpreter so that he could study there as a Ph.D. candidate, his former teacher Zhang Yonghua told Shandong Business News.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: ccp; chendayue; china; chinese; genius; math; prdepartment; science; weidongyi
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1 posted on 05/13/2022 9:33:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s because the group of mathematicians has to figure out the pronouns first.


2 posted on 05/13/2022 9:33:50 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I did not shoot the burglar. I pointed a laser dot on his head and let the cats do the rest. )
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From the article: "...asked for a recharge of his transport card as a form of compensation"

Dims dream of the day when they can control our movement like that and we be grateful when they allow us to move about freely for a day.

3 posted on 05/13/2022 9:36:33 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Confirmed: PhD means squat.


4 posted on 05/13/2022 9:37:46 AM PDT by cranked
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5 posted on 05/13/2022 9:38:28 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: SeekAndFind

I got a 1150 on my gaokao.


6 posted on 05/13/2022 9:40:20 AM PDT by Leep (Don't say God.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“He also turned down an offer from Harvard...”

I like him already.


7 posted on 05/13/2022 9:40:49 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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[[”It’s unnecessary to pay me for such an easy problem,” he said. ]]

Lol no modesty In His family, he got it all apparently. The mathematicians who were stumped for 4 months got the Mike dropped by him lol


8 posted on 05/13/2022 9:43:50 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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9 posted on 05/13/2022 9:47:37 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: SeekAndFind

Math ability is like musical or artistic ability...you are either born with it or not. This guy was apparently born gifted.


10 posted on 05/13/2022 9:48:35 AM PDT by packagingguy
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The group of mathematicians couldn’t do it because they only knew common core. Plus they were girls.


11 posted on 05/13/2022 9:50:42 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: SeekAndFind

Surprised the idiot wokesters haven’t cancelled him cause math is racist.


12 posted on 05/13/2022 9:50:56 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Leep

1150. Winner of the day already!


13 posted on 05/13/2022 9:51:16 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: SeekAndFind

He probably used a calculator 🤪


14 posted on 05/13/2022 9:51:43 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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He also turned down an offer from Harvard...

He really is smart!..................

15 posted on 05/13/2022 9:54:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: packagingguy

Math ability is about working all the problems

This guy has exceptional talents. But he’s also had training


16 posted on 05/13/2022 9:56:00 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: packagingguy

Some people just think differently from others.


17 posted on 05/13/2022 9:56:21 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: SeekAndFind

“No Wei!”
“Wei!”


18 posted on 05/13/2022 10:03:10 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Red Badger

He no match against oobama.
Plus oobama has a Nobel.


19 posted on 05/13/2022 10:05:01 AM PDT by Leep (Don't say God.)
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To: Red Badger

He’s no match against oobama.
Plus oobama has a Nobel.


20 posted on 05/13/2022 10:05:29 AM PDT by Leep (Don't say God.)
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