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malaise

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16. I know a guy who is a freaking maths brain - did his PhD in Germany

Reply to MissB (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 04:58 PM

Nov 2021

and speaks several languages. If you ever hear his Chopin recitals - he moves us to tears.
He was always an odd duck though. I've heard that when he was at high school in Georgetown, Guyana, he looked up at the Georgetown Cathedral (was the tallest wooden building on our planet) and asked someone why the angle on the steeple was 46 and not 45 degrees. He asked this with the naked eye.
Turns out he was right

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A 14-year-old won a prestigious award for his discoveries on 'antiprime numbers' [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 OP

Jeez. When I was 14 I still could barely handle long division. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #1

Oh, cool. There's a close connection between prime and ant-prime algorithms. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #2

Interesting remark by Akilan about the number 60 Zorro Nov 2021 #3

They chose base 60 for just the reason Akilan describes Silent3 Nov 2021 #5

what the heck WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #14

Have experts analyzed the link between music and math? malaise Nov 2021 #4

Yes, many studies about it. LastDemocratInSC Nov 2021 #6

absolutely. a story about my kids- mopinko Nov 2021 #7

What a lovely story malaise Nov 2021 #8

they were amazing little kids. mopinko Nov 2021 #15

Really fabulous malaise Nov 2021 #17

think i mentioned my friend in that thread. mopinko Nov 2021 #19

Yep malaise Nov 2021 #21

it's absurd that they have to wait til hs to have ANY choice in what they learn. mopinko Nov 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Nov 2021 #9

Cool. I did s math phd in algebraic geometry. Pure math is a beast. Lucky Luciano Nov 2021 #13

his thing was topology of imaginary surfaces. mopinko Nov 2021 #18

Cool - He might have done a similar topic. Lucky Luciano Nov 2021 #23

i survived calculus, but just for raw math brain, he bypassed my at about 10. mopinko Nov 2021 #24

Right? MissB Nov 2021 #11

I know a guy who is a freaking maths brain - did his PhD in Germany malaise Nov 2021 #16

my blue ribbon "solar" water heater looks prehistoric compared to this. JanMichael Nov 2021 #10

Very cool! Hekate Nov 2021 #12

1,000 digits?? Disaffected Nov 2021 #20