China’s Godlike Math Genius Stuns Internet With Extremely Frugal Lifestyle
Wei Dongyi, one of China’s most famous mathematicians, recently went viral for his unkempt looks and extremely frugal lifestyle, reportedly living on just 300 yuan ($40) per month. It’s safe to say that China has no shortage of math geniuses, but one among them stands out both for his prowess as a problem solver and […]
China’s Controversial 17-Year-Old Math Genius Has an Entire Country on Edge
A 17-year-old Chinese student from a rural vocational school who shocked her country by ranking 12th among 802 participants in an elite math contest is now facing accusations of cheating. Math contests are a big deal in China, but it’s very rare for such competitions to capture the attention of an entire country like this […]
Math Enthusiasts Spend 24 Hours Solving the 1+1 Mathematical Formula
A couple of Japanese math enthusiasts recently spent 24 hours covering the walls of an entire room with calculations in an attempt to find the ultimate answer to the ‘1+1’ formula. It’s widely regarded as the easiest mathematical formula, but ‘1+1’ isn’t as simple as it appears. Well, at least not to math purists looking […]
Father Suffers Heart Attack Trying to Explain Math Problem to His Son
A 45-year-old Chinese man reportedly suffered a heart attack after getting extremely upset while helping his son with his math homework. The man, surnamed Liu, had been helping his Year 3 son with homework since school started last month, but over the past two weeks he had started experiencing a mild pain in his chest […]
Woman Suffers Heart Attack Trying to Explain Math Problem to Son
A 36-year-old mother got so worked up because her son couldn’t understand how to solve a math problem while doing homework that she suffered a heart attack. Parenting in general can get pretty tough, and I can attest that trying to explain math to a child can be frustrating, but according to a recent news […]
18-Year-Old Math Prodigy Lands UCLA Teaching Gig
While most 18-year-olds are getting ready to go to college or get a job, March Tian Boedihardjo, a Hong Kong-born Indonesian Chinese math prodigy has already accomplished both. He has recently completed his doctorate program and is now an associate professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Although he never liked being called a prodigy, saying that […]
Real-Life Good Will Hunting – Chinese Delivery Man Discovers Simpler Solution to Complex Math Problem
Yu Jianchun, A Chinese migrant worker from Henan province with no former mathematical training and no college degree, is being hailed as a real-life version of Will Hunting, the character played by Matt Damon in the 1997 Oscar-winning film “Good Will Hunting”, after finding an alternative method to verify Carmichael numbers. Carmichael numbers, also known as “pseudo […]
Whiz Kids Use Imaginary Abacus to Solve Complex Math Calculations
In a highly impressive display of mental prowess, young South Asian children are able to solve complex math calculations within seconds simply by flicking their fingers through thin air. Their secret tool – an imaginary abacus. News reports on the Mind Mathlon 2014 program held at the Robotics Lab of the Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship in […]
Head Injury Turns College Dropout into Math Genius with a Beautiful Mind
Sometimes it takes a good, hard knock in the head to start seeing things right. In the case of Jason Padgett, he started to see more than just right. He began to see complex mathematical formulae everywhere he looked, after a head injury. For now, the 41-year-old works behind the counter of a futon store […]
Meet Beau, the Canine Calculator
Beau the Labrador knows all the usual tricks like “sit”, “roll over”, but he prefers something a little more challenging like subtracting, dividing, multiplying. Yup, you guessed it, this pooch is a canine mathematician. The 12-year-old black Labrador retriever is probably smarter than a lot of people when it comes to math, considering he can […]