Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Teen Solves 350-Year-Old Math Problem

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A boy math whiz has shocked the world by solving a 350-year-old problem once posed by the great mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton.

Sixteen-year-old Shouryya Ray, a boy of Indian origin attending school in Germany, cracked two particle dynamics theories. Ray's novel solutions can now help scientists calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and predict how it will strike and bounce off a wall, according to the International Business Times.

Ray was told by professors during a school field trip to Dresden University that the problem could not be solved. That notion didn't sit right with the Calcutta-born student.

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