It was widely reported by the media last month that year-old Shouryya Ray had solved a problem first posed by Sir Isaac Newton over years ago that has baffled mathematicians ever since.
The Indian-born student, who lives in eastern Germany and was conducting an internship at Technische Universität Dresden, was hailed as a genius for working out two fundamental particle dynamics equations that previously could only be approximated using computers with partial solutions. Ray’s solutions allegedly allowed for exact calculation of a projectile’s trajectory under gravity and subject to air resistance. In layman’s terms, an object’s flight path could now be calculated and predictions made about how the item would collide with and ricochet off a barrier.
As it turns out, Ray did not solve Newton’s year-old puzzle -- because the problem never actually existed.
“The misunderstanding starts here already — Newton did not ‘pose a problem,’” Jürgen Voigt, a math professor at TU Dresden, told The Huffington Post in an email. “He stated that the motion of a body under the influence of gravity and friction in the air is governed by a certain differential equation. Meanwhile, the cl
Indian-origin boy solves year old math puzzle set by Sir Isaac Newton
A year-old Indian-origin 'genius' from Germany has managed to crack puzzles that had baffled the world of maths for more than years.
Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers.
Shouryya has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.
His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall, theDaily Mailreported.
Shouryya only came across the problems during a school trip to Dresden University where professors claimed they were uncrackable.
"I just asked myself, 'Why not?'," explained Shouryya.
"I think it was just schoolboy naivety. I didn't believe there couldn't be a solution," he added.
Modest Shouryya began solving complicated equations as a six year old but says he's no genius.
"There are other things at school I wish I was better at --football for one," he said.
For years Shouryya has enjoyed what he calls 'intrinsic beauty' of maths.
When he was you
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You may remember a story, widely reported, that 16 year old student Shouryya Ray from Dresden had solved &#;puzzles posed by Sir Isaac Newton that have baffled mathematicians for years&#;. You may have read our write up of this, which concluded that
it is likely that some piece of impressive work has been completed and Shouryya Ray is to be commended. However, pending further information on the work, we are now fairly convinced that this is being overblown by the press reports.
You may also remember that some reports had Ray coming across the problems &#;during a school trip to Dresden University where professors claimed they were uncrackable&#;. Now an open letter has appeared on the webpages of the Technische Universität Dresden signed by Prof. Dr. Ralph Chill and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Voigt, which offers some answers.
This remarks that
the news was discussed on the internet, but unfortunately without any information stating what the problem of Newton actually was, and what the work accomplished by the young student was.
However Chill and Voigt have seen a copy of the work, completed during an internship in fluid mechanics at TU Dresden, and write
By JILL REILLY
DAILY Mail UK
A year-old has managed to crack puzzles which have baffled the world of maths for more than years.
Shouryya Ray has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton. The schoolboy, from Dresden, Germany, solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers.
His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall. Shouryya only came across the problems during a school trip to Dresden University where professors claimed they were uncrackable. &#;I just asked myself, &#;Why not?&#;,&#; explained Shouryya. &#;I think it was just schoolboy naivety. I didn&#;t believe there couldn&#;t be a solution,&#; he added.
Modest Shouryya began solving complicated equations as a six year old but says he&#;s no genius.&#;There are other things at school I wish I was better at &#; football for one,&#; he said. For years Shouryya has enjoyed what he calls &#;intrinsic beauty&#; of maths.
When he was young, his father, an engineer, began testing his brain by setting hi
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