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Topic: Schoolboy cracks age-old mathematics problem
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root

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Registered: 12/6/04

Re: Schoolboy cracks age-old mathematics problem
Posted: May 27, 2012 8:11 PM

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On Sun, 27 May 2012 07:23:03 +0000, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

>
> A 16-year-old schoolboy has solved a mathematical problem
> which has stumped mathematicians for centuries, a
> newspaper report said.
>

If the information in this link is accurate, then the reports
are quite overblown:

http://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/u74no/supposedly_this_is_a_new_formula_for_calculating/c4szzld

The solution given is merely an implicit relation between
the component velocities, u and v, and no arbitrary initial
conditions are included. Although certainly an analytical formula,
it is far from being a complete solution.

A full solution to the problem would include explicit expressions
for u and v as well as a further integration to obtain explicit
expressions for the positions (x,y) as functions of time. This
last and critical step is where the impossibility lies.

The achievement is certainly noteworthy, and the student certainly
deserves his honors, but it is quite far from being a useful and
complete solution.

The press knows that everyone loves a prodigy, and so they
invent one.

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Best Monkey can do

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Monkey becomes Bandicoot's Kaamadhenu, the cow that gives whatever
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Monkey becomes Bandicoot's Kaamadhenu, the cow that gives whatever
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Bandicoot Circus : Impresario Monkey

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Must be Lady Kaka

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