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16-Year-Old Solves 350-year-Old Math Problem

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
May 29, 2012
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 10:00
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Take that, Sir Isaac Newton.  16-year-old Shouryya Ray has solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories, which will help scientists calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and predict how it will strike and bounce off a wall, a tough problem for hundreds of years.

Ray attributes his success to  "Schuele generic naivety" - schoolboy naiveté - but good math should not be discounted.  His engineer father started teaching him calculus at age 6.  Newton basically had to invent fluxions at age 24 so Ray had a bit of an advantage there.

16-jähriges Mathegenie löst uraltes Zahlenrätsel by Céline Lauer, Die Welt

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