Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle

afp ^ | 5/29/09 | afp

[Flavius]

http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/Miscellaneous/bernoulli.html

[Terpfen]

Misreport. The problem was cracked a couple of years ago and the solution was already known.

[SolidWood]

Finally an Arab candidate for the Noble prize!

[A_Former_Democrat]

Uh, ok . . . got it.

[vrwc54]

If we hadn’t removed Saddam, he would be working on nukes in Iraq.

[Evie Munchkin]

Darn, and I’ve been working so hard trying to solve that one myself...

[bgill]

Oh, posh! That’s a piece of cake!
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A bernoulli is a pastry, right?

[Larry Lucido]

So we finally understand how those things can fly. Oh, wait, different Bernoulli.

[Islaminaction]

Does he support the Islamic takeover of Europe?

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Serious response: This is awesome that a kid, an Iraqi immigrant, figured this out when no one else could for over 300 years.

Sarcastic remark: they should see if he can help to figure out how to save Saab.

[libh8er]

Two Husseins. One gone, another to go.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Serious response: This is awesome that a kid, an Iraqi immigrant, figured this out when no one else could for over 300 years."

Equally serious response: It really isn't all that hard when you already have the answer.

[JZelle]

I thought some Marxist janitor at MIT cracked it years ago?

[biff]

No, it is a ancient Italian pasta.

[libh8er]

Equally serious response: It really isn't all that hard when you already have the answer.

In all seriousness : After their conversion to Islam , the arabs never had an original thought or idea.

[classified]

Don’t tell Mohamed Altourmaimi, you will break his heart!

[rbosque]

Wow, and I just passed pre-calculus. Smart kid.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Even if he had solved it independently, there is no Nobel Prize in mathematics. The “joke” is that Nobel’s wife had an affair with a mathematician. (Actually, Nobel was a bachelor and his girlfriend was a German countess who induced him to set up the prize.)