As I was looking for things to post today, I came across an article about a college student who had ACCIDENTALLY solved a math problem that mathematicians since Einstein have been trying to solve.
The student had been studying very late the night before a test and ended up sleeping in and attending the class late. When he arrived, he quickly began the three problems that had been posted on the board. He was having a hard time on the last one, and it almost seemed impossible, but he suddenly found a method that worked and was able to finish just before time was called. Later that night, the student received a call from his professor whom seemed frantic. The student thought that he had failed the whole test, but in reality, the professor told the student that the third problem was an example of an "impossible equation" and the student was able to solve it! The student was quite amazed with himself, especially since he wasn't even supposed to do the problem in the first place!
So I guess you could say that you never what's going to happen when you just do all the problems on the board, maybe you'll find a solution to something that hasn't been solved in centuries!
interestng. Do you have the example. maybe you should post the "insolvable question" some day. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is actually so cool how he accidentally solved the impossible problem, I would defintely want to see what the problem is and how he solved it
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