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Chinese math genius takes 1 night to solve problem that puzzled others for months

Posted on 5/12/22 at 2:56 pm
Posted by hikingfan
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 2:56 pm
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A Chinese genius flexed his mathematical prowess by solving a problem that flummoxed a team of mathematicians with Ph.D.s for four months in a single night.

Wei Dongyi, a 30-year-old assistant mathematics professor at Peking University in Beijing, came to the rescue after six mathematicians called him for help as they tried building a complex mathematics model. After using the equations he provided to alter their experiment, the team’s model obtained a passing rate of over 96%.

The mathematicians wanted to pay the professor to show their gratitude, but he declined.

"It’s unnecessary to pay me for such an easy problem," he said.

Wei, who became known as “God Wei,” eventually asked for a recharge of his transport card as a form of compensation.


“It is not rare or surprising to us that Wei can solve the puzzle that other people cannot because he is smart and is hyper-focused on math problems,” Chen Dayue, the dean of Peking University’s School of Mathematical Sciences, told Chinese news platform Jiupai News.

Wei was reportedly accepted to Peking University without taking the gaokao, China’s national college entrance exam, due to his math skills and past achievements, including his two consecutive victories at the International Mathematical Olympiad while he was still a high school student.

He also turned down an offer from Harvard, which went so far as to offer an English language waiver and an interpreter so that he could study there as a Ph.D. candidate, his former teacher Zhang Yonghua told Shandong Business News.

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Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 2:59 pm to
We have stereotypes for a reason
Posted by ATXTiger64
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 2:59 pm to
Buy that baw a duck dinner.
This post was edited on 5/12/22 at 3:00 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 2:59 pm to
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Wei Dongyi, a 30-year-old assistant mathematics professor


his boss must have like invented math or something
Posted by OysterPoBoy
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:00 pm to
I’d like to take a crack at it.
Posted by secfballfan
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:00 pm to
Be he can't drive a car for sh&t!
Posted by GumboPot
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:01 pm to
Is there a link to the problem? I'd like to see it.
Posted by Tbonepatron
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:02 pm to
Did he work as a janitor, and speak in a Southie accent too?
Posted by NATidefan
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:04 pm to
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"It’s unnecessary to pay me for such an easy problem," he said.


Nerd Burn
Posted by tigerinthebueche
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:05 pm to
the answer was...350
Posted by The Boat
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Posted by Spelt it rong
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:13 pm to
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Posted by Huey Lewis
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:15 pm to
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Is there a link to the problem? I'd like to see it.



I found Peking University's equivalent to Tigerdroppings and they had it posted on one of their forums. It was in Chinese though:

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Maybe run it through Google translate or something? Nevermind, I don't think Tigerdroppings can displays Chinese font.



This post was edited on 5/12/22 at 3:20 pm
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:16 pm to
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He also turned down an offer from Harvard, which went so far as to offer an English language waiver and an interpreter so that he could study there as a Ph.D. candidate, his former teacher Zhang Yonghua told Shandong Business News.


Damn. He really is smart.
Posted by Carson123987
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:16 pm to
quote:

"It’s unnecessary to pay me for such an easy problem," he said.


based

Posted by sabes que
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:18 pm to
So he is that smart but would need an interpreter at Harvard? Why doesn’t he know English like plenty of other Asians?
Posted by doubleb
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:31 pm to
Wei Dongyi was discovered at the local university mopping floors.
He and his beer buddies continuously got into fights with guys ftom outside their neighborhood. It was so bad he was nearly jailed, but his shrink straightened him out. The rest is history.
Posted by RealDawg
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Posted on 5/12/22 at 3:37 pm to
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Wei Dongyi,


Say that in Jed Clampett voice
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