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A professor wrote two mathematics problems on the blackboard and told his class that they were unsolved, and no mathematician had any idea how to tackle them.

A young student came in late, wrote the problems down on his note book assuming they were homework.

The next day he came in late again, and his professor wasn't happy. The student apologised and said he was up late solving two questions from the day before.

The student's name? Leonhard Euler.

Post some other interesting stories involving scientists and mathematicians.

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>>9531092
*pic related*

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>> No.9531176

I cri evry tim

>> No.9531182

What were the problems?

>> No.9531374

So obviously this is a meme but I'm not sure Euler was ever educated in a class. Bernoulli taught him one on one I think.

>> No.9531388

>>9531182
1+2+3+...

>> No.9531441

>>9531092
Only that the student was George Dantzig

>> No.9531443

>>9531182
Story goes on: he (with him being George Dantzig) later published them as his phd thesis

>> No.9531504

Euler was a god among men

>> No.9531544

The same thing happened to me, but my teacher stole the credit

>> No.9531582

Von Neuman memorized the Bible and could converse in ancient greek at the age of 3.

>> No.9531588

>>9531182
"Will OP ever post sources for the gay bullshit he claims?"

>> No.9531598

And then the chalkboard clapped.

>> No.9531637

Basically the entirety of richard feymann's life. I heard he once travelled to Brazil to fuck 10/10 hot babes and play the drums.

>> No.9531683

>>9531598
reddit

>> No.9531699

>>9531441
Only the student's name was David Huffman.

>> No.9531715

>>9531699
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dantzig#Work

>> No.9531796

Leonardo DiVinici put flaws in his military machines schematics because they were too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands.

>> No.9531800

>>9531796
so the first neoliberal scum