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An Indian-born teenager has won a research award for solving a mathematical problem first posed by Sir Isaac Newton more than 300 years ago that has baffled mathematicians ever since.

The solution devised by Shouryya Ray, 16, makes it possible to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance.

Shouryya, who lives in Dresden, eastern Germany, came up with the solutions to this and a second mathematical riddle while working on a school project.

He is being hailed as a genius in the German press, but attributes his achievement to “curiosity and schoolboy naivety.”


“When it was explained to us that the problems had no solutions, I thought to myself: well, there’s no harm in trying,” he said.

The problems he resolved are from the field of dynamics. The first, dealing with the movement of projectiles through the air, was posed by Newton in the 17th century. The second, which relates to the collision of a body with a wall, was posed in the 19th century.

Only partial solutions had been discovered up to now, requiring simplified assumptions or calculations by computer. Shouryya’s elegant solutions could contribute to greater precision in fields such as ballistics.

Shouryya’s family moved to Germany when he was 12 after his father Subhashis Ray, an engineer, got a job at a technical college. Shouryya spoke no German when he arrived but has mastered the language and is due to take the German equivalent of A-levels this week, two years ahead of his peers.

“Ray’s accomplishment is impressive and we are particularly proud of his background as it highlights the achievements of migrants across language and cultural barriers,” said the Youth Research Foundation, which gave him the award.

A keen cricketer, Shouryya cites his father as his inspiration and says he instilled a “hunger for mathematics” after teaching him calculus at the age of six.

Subhashis Ray said he was no longer able to keep up with his son’s mathematical prowess, however. “He never discussed his project with me before it was finished and the mathematics he used are far beyond my reach,” he said.

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Although a thread is already on exits, but i'd consider this occasion to congratulate Shouryya once again.:tup:
Also note that Indians have historically been good at Mathematics.

Albert Einstein said: "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made."
 
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Although a thread is already on exits, but i'd consider this occasion to congratulate Shouryya once again.:tup:
Also note that Indians have historically been good at Mathematics.


indians taught the world how to count ?!!? :rofl: ek baat bata tu : teri age kitni hae ? :undecided:
 
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MuZammiL Dr. s[1]n;2982342 said:
indians taught the world how to count ?!!? :rofl: ek baat bata tu : teri age kitni hae ? :undecided:

tu eek baat bol..tujhe pata hai ki tere piche kitne hai...Puch kai aa...then we will tell you agey kitna hai???
 
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you indians do your self a favour : check out "aL-khwarzimi" and his discovery of the number "zero"(0) without which the world would not have gone beyond the number "nine"(9) in mathematics ... :azn:

al-khwarzimi's zero alone made the modern sciences reach the point where they are right now because all branches of sciences works with the help of mathematics and maths is all about numbers & calculations but when the numbering or counting itself is not complete as it was before al-khwarizimi's invention of "zero"(0) i.e. the number counting was from 1 to 9 , then no field in/of science would have advanced an inch had al-khwarzimi 's 0 not been invented ... :sniper:
:pakistan:

Zero-net- Creative Concept
 
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tu eek baat bol..tujhe pata hai ki tere piche kitne hai...Puch kai aa...then we will tell you agey kitna hai???

hahaah :lol: tujh se bara loller nahi dekhha mene ... word "age" ko tu "aagay" samajh raha hay ... :D dunya men tujhh jese chuu**** ki koi kami nahi ... :chilli:

tere jeson kay liay word nahi hay mere paas ... :bunny:
:pakistan:
 
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This guy (MuZammiL Dr. s[1]n) is pissed off coz there were no Pakistan in ancient time..lol
 
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wesay agar tujhay aagay say lenaa achha lagta hay tou mai aagay say daal dunga tere andar or agar tujhhay peechhay say andar laynay ka shOq hay tou mai peechhay say khhudaiyee (digging the hole) churu kar dunga :moil: ...

ab jesi bhi teri marzi ho , agay ya peechhay ... :azn: tujhhay apnay andar kahan say dalvana ho wo bol deo mujh ko qun kay mujhhay tou namkeen bhi pasand hay or meeetah bhi ... :rofl:
:pakistan:
 
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MuZammiL Dr. s[1]n;2982471 said:
you indians do your self a favour : check out "aL-khwarzimi" and his discovery of the number "zero"(0) without which the world would not have gone beyond the number "nine"(9) in mathematics ... :azn:

al-khwarzimi's zero alone made the modern sciences reach the point where they are right now because all branches of sciences works with the help of mathematics and maths is all about numbers & calculations but when the numbering or counting itself is not complete as it was before al-khwarizimi's invention of "zero"(0) i.e. the number counting was from 1 to 9 , then no field in/of science would have advanced an inch had al-khwarzimi 's 0 not been invented ... :sniper:
:pakistan:

Zero-net- Creative Concept

What he did was translated Indian numerals to arabic ones...why the hell we should care about him...?
 
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