A 16 - year - old boy will derive its solution on his own by mathematical challenge solved over 300 years

It seems that a 16 - year - old boy solved mathematical challenge solved over 300 years by himself. When the school teachers saw the notes listed the official for the first time, they could not believe that the boy wrote.

Details are from the following.

※ 2009/06/01 12:06 Addendum
Iraq-born teen cracks maths puzzle - Yahoo! News UK

Current affairs dot com: 16 years old Iraqi immigrant boy, solving historical mathematics difficult = Explaining Bernoulli number - Sweden

Mohamed Altoumaim (16 years old) who attends high school in the city of Falun in Sweden that solved the mathematical problem this time. Altoumaim Kimi solvedBernoulli numberIt seems to have shown high school teacher a note that I wrote down the process and mathematics I thought of himself with a rational number called by himself, but no one thought that Altoumaim wrote it.

Altoumaim The professor at Uppsala University gave me a wonderful answer to have him check the formula you wrote down accurately, Altoumaim's academic ability was acknowledged and I was allowed to enter Uppsala University is.

However, Altoumaim hopes to study at the current high school and believes that he must study English and social sciences more. In addition, he seems to want to be a researcher in mathematics or physics in the future, he is going to continue studying in the future.

Postscript: 2009/06/01 12: 06
According to the following article, this news is unfortunately a misinformation.

16 years old Iraqi immigrant boy "Explanation of Bernoulli number" is a false report - (* ゜ ∀ ゜) ゞ Kagaku News Corps

In addition, the AFP communication which reported this news first also has additional news such as the following.

Iraqi teen tackles maths puzzle, but not the first university - Yahoo! News

It is indicated in the articleUppsala University official pageAltoumaim said that he found a solution to "Bernoulli's theorem" as a foundation, but brought it to Uppsala University, but he was not accepted as already already known in mathematics world.

It seems that there was only a problem that bothered mathematics circles for 300 years, it was not so easy.