Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle


  1. Posts : 18,404
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    Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle


    Pretty smart little kid there.

    A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden has cracked a maths puzzle that has stumped experts for more than 300 years, Swedish media reported on Thursday.
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  2. Posts : 990
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    Amazing. But... Where's the solve..?
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  3. Posts : 18,404
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    I guess they don't show it in other articles of the same. It's already been previously solved at some point, but the kid solved it himself though.
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  4. Posts : 6,305
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    WOW....Would have been nice to see the actual puzzle. I'd give it a go
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  5. Posts : 18,404
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    Well, you can look up the Bernoulli numbers.
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    Hi there

    A couple more interesting mathematical puzzles that engaged people for several hundred years.

    Fermat's last theorem - already solved by Wiles.

    NOVA Online | The Proof

    A big remaining one is the Riemann Hypothesis -- you could become seriously rich if you can solve this one.


    Clay Mathematics Institute

    Cheers
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  7. Posts : 291
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    He will be great hacker when he grow up!
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