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A mathematical puzzle that baffled the top minds in the esoteric field of symbolic dynamics for nearly four decades has been cracked, by a 63-year-old immigrant who once worked as a security guard. picked by MandolinOrange 9 months ago

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18	MelgEsev...

9 months ago

Without reading the article, I'm going to guess it was the "two trains" math problem. Man, that one was hard.

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9	breex243

9 months ago

« MelgEsevad : Without reading the article, I'm going to guess it was the "two trains" math problem. Man, that one was hard.

harder than that is the "two-trains-and-a-bee-that-has-nothing-better-to-do-than fly-back-and-forth-between-them" problem.

anyways, the say "Immigrant" as if its a bad thing...

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6	jafo777

9 months ago

I looked up his proof and TRIED to read it...I feel stupid now

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10	extc68

9 months ago

« MelgEsevad : Without reading the article, I'm going to guess it was the "two trains" math problem. Man, that one was hard.

FAIL :P

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11	acemak

9 months ago

the answer is X = 6 ... duh. that only took me 2 minutes

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1	ladyjean...

9 months ago

One of the amazing things about this is that maths is more often a younger person's game, with gifted mathematicians doing their better work in their mid 20s and early 30s. Avraham Trahtman was certainly brilliant to come up with goods at the age of 63. Just goes to show, you're only as old as you feel!

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