Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle

kluang · 05-30-2009, 04:43 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090528...20090528124335

Quote:

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – 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.

In just four months, Mohamed Altoumaimi has found a formula to explain and simplify the so-called Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations named after the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli, the Dagens Nyheter daily said.

Altoumaimi, who came to Sweden six years ago, said teachers at his high school in Falun, central Sweden were not convinced about his work at first.

"When I first showed it to my teachers, none of them thought the formula I had written down really worked," Altoumaimi told the Falu Kuriren newspaper.

He then got in touch with professors at Uppsala University, one of Sweden's top institutions, to ask them to check his work.

After going through his notebooks, the professors found his work was indeed correct and offered him a place in Uppsala.

But for now, Altoumaimi is focusing on his school studies and plans to take summer classes in advanced mathematics and physics this year.

"I wanted to be a researcher in physics or mathematics; I really like those subjects. But I have to improve in English and social sciences," he told the Falu Kuriren.

I bet 200 dollars this isnt anwar

Tzu Men · 05-30-2009, 05:08 AM

On the contrary,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uppsala University

No new mathematical solution by Swedish Teen
2009-05-29 | News item
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.

http://www.uu.se/news/news_item.php?typ=artikel&id=693

There's hope it it was Anwar's fail yet.

orvell0072006 · 05-30-2009, 10:28 AM

he's a cool dude!

...from arab world

im a mathematician too

but not as cool as him

kluang · 05-30-2009, 11:30 AM

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Tzu Men · 05-30-2009, 06:37 PM

I'm struggling to decide whether orvell is a successful troll, unwittingly or not, or just an advocate for euthanasia.

kluang · 05-30-2009, 06:44 PM

He's just an idiot

Viczor6 · 06-17-2009, 05:17 PM

sometimes it benefits our country to let so many foreigners in to sweden, sometimes not.

Matthekage · 06-18-2009, 09:46 AM

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hakushiro · 06-18-2009, 11:34 AM

Math.
One word:
Bleh.

05-30-2009, 10:28 AM	#3
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05-30-2009, 11:30 AM	#4
kluang One Punch Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,420 Thanks: 3,186 Thanked 4,670 Times in 2,102 Posts	Re: Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh __________________ To err is human, to forgive, divine. Humans aren't machines... they have souls, feelings. They live, they die, they love, they hate... And yes, they even make mistakes..... When kluang finds you creepy and wrong then you are beyond horrible. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Being Malaysian is about driving in a German car to an Indian restaurant for an Indonesian food, then travelling home, grabbing a Pakistani kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. Because we have no originality.

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Tzu Men hostis humani generis Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 715 Thanks: 4,017 Thanked 2,705 Times in 863 Posts	Re: Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle I'm struggling to decide whether orvell is a successful troll, unwittingly or not, or just an advocate for euthanasia.

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kluang One Punch Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,420 Thanks: 3,186 Thanked 4,670 Times in 2,102 Posts	Re: Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle He's just an idiot __________________ To err is human, to forgive, divine. Humans aren't machines... they have souls, feelings. They live, they die, they love, they hate... And yes, they even make mistakes..... When kluang finds you creepy and wrong then you are beyond horrible. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Being Malaysian is about driving in a German car to an Indian restaurant for an Indonesian food, then travelling home, grabbing a Pakistani kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. Because we have no originality.

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