Mathematics genius

[braydenbeautiful]

@zachem66

I've long learned having grandiose delusions don't help. Learning to be open to the prospect of being wrong/of avg. intelligence is important. I have to work so hard for a 3.9 GPA, and I know people who come to the lectures, when they do, high as a kite..they have 4.0 GPAs. Fallibility and modesty have be drilled into me.

I'm currently getting castrated by physical chemistry (makes Cal 2 look like Hawaii), so believe me, I have no hubris left.

From my liver to yours,

Cheers!

[roberthagever]

which movie it that from ?

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

Lmao this probably would be the easiest problem you ever did in a MIT math class, especially if you knew any calculus at all.

Just use the equation for the ellipse, rearrange the form such that y=(blah blah), and integrate y in terms of x. This gives you the area of everything under the equation curve... and that's what you want. OK, yes this is very cursory and there's a lot of details I'm eschewing, but the general idea is very straight-forward.

[BrutalValor]

Try to solve the Poincare Conjuncture.

[jesal21]

Read Bertrand Russell's proof for 1+1 = 2. That's hard enough.

[Physicspilot]

Shoot..its just from the movie "Rushmore."..BTW the guy was dreaming!

[braydenbeautiful]

looks fancy... in reality, several things written there make no math sense, at all. ahaha. hollywood...

[zachem66]

@braydenbeautiful actually they do...do u really think hollywood would spend millions of dollars to make a movie and not spare a few bucks to hire a math professor that can solve this question? what he did on the board makes sense...he just did in a very long-winded way that seems complicated to someone who doesn't know any calculus...otherwise all he did was take the equation of an ellipse, rearrange in terms of x and integrate it from 0 to pi/2 and multiply by 4....

[braydenbeautiful]

@zachem66

I stand corrected. It does make sense.

I'm talking Calculus II (majoring in Chemistry). I should have recognized that; moreover I'm making an A. No excuse. ahah

Forgive my stupidity!

[chrisofnottingham]

The original stuff on the board has x's written like multiplication signs which as far as I'm concerned is a hanging offence for a math teacher.

[kenny0yu]

Genius? Hahaha.., this is funny. Just finding the area of an ellipse by integration and substitutions. What about geometric theory of differentiable manifolds?

[Evilpawn2]

Rudiger Gamm's match if it was real,i'd pay to see that ultimate math fight.

[jasondmcneill]

Notice that the graph of the equation y=sq. root of x is wrong for x<1. The sq. root of 1/4 is actually 1/2, o that 1/2 times 1/2 equals 1/4. Therefore, the graph for x between zero and 1 should be shaped a little differently, i think.

[MrNuhYamin]

good movie

[SummerGameProject]

@beachballa93 lol same here. When I saw that nerd reading his newspaper in class, then getting up holding a cup of tea acting all cool i laughed then became envious when he solved the problem :\

[beachballa93]

@SummerGameProject haha exactly

[orgminyak]

@SummerGameProject It's a movie. You're jealous of a fictional scenario?

[SummerGameProject]

@orgminyak obvious troll is obvious

[dmaisur544]

what is rushmoore rated

[Perfym]

what movie is this ?

[aznpimp182]

LOL... this movie rushmoore... is about a kid dreaming to be a genius.... but he cant never be one ahahhahaha

[PercyMcqueen]

@aznpimp182 Sounds familiar

[aznpimp182]

what movie is this

[carlwtus]

The shallow media always picture geniuses as cocky and rude. It is misleading. Terence Tao is a genuine genius but he is gentle, polite, and humble. Gregory Perelman isn't like that, either. Stupid people produce stupid videos.

[librairankh7]

What show is this?

[hjca44]

We don't need calculus for this problem.

[mathdude28]

and the whole time he's holding the fucking cup of tea LOL

[sekwah09]

Maths genius!?

Are you kidding me!?

I'm sure many maths grads would be able to derive the area of the ellipse

[chichoos07]

@sekwah09 im 17 and i can do it...you surely do not have to be a maths grade...a double integral with polar coordinates will suffice

[sekwah09]

@chichoos07

What do you want for it?

A freakin medal or something?

You wouldn't be the first and certainly wont be the last

[chichoos07]

@sekwah09 i never asked for a medal asshole...im just tellin you that you dont need a graduate degree to do this!!

[sekwah09]

@chichoos07

You don't need to tell me what I already know

[chichoos07]

@sekwah09 well , if you knew it why did you write differently in your first comment??

[sekwah09]

@chichoos07

I'm sure it's safe to assume that more maths grads know how to derive the area of an ellipse compared with 17 year old A-level maths students

[chichoos07]

@sekwah09 im just saying that this is practically the first thing you do when studying math at university so it is fair to assume that anyone with any university experience knows it...

[RoboPimp3000]

This is the opening scene to "Rushmore". The kid is dreaming. He's actually a very poor student.

[system3142]

Isn't this the problem that Newton had solved and forgotten about until some dude came up to him and found out accidentally, and was astonished?

[dxk2007]

LOL area of an ellipse. Funny. But at the same time, really gay....

[8Rincewind]

What is this from, what's it supposed to be?

[shivamchauhan19]

this is one of the simplest problems in mathematics

[joejacksonriley]

Area for ellipse is d1 * d2 rofl....

[DazMan258]

I love the way he goes up and looks at it whilst sipping his drink xD

[forbidd3njtshow]

Does anyone know whats the name of the song playing while he was solving the question?

[Perfym]

from which movie is this ?

[Arnechk]

Why bother with all the maths when you can grab a beer and enjoy?

[Wuzzi55]

shit that's a beautiful handwriting!

[YGRoundNo2]

@Wuzzi55

Yes, like mine.

:)

[Nefret]

there is a much smarter way to solve this elliptic integral. (the boy in the video skipped the hardest part ;D)

the equation for an ellipse is : x²/a² + y²/b² = 1

solve it for y and ignore the negative result.

the area of the ellipse is then: 2 * integral [ y ] dx from x=-a to x=a

go to wolframalpha-com

type in: integral 2*b*sqrt(1-x^2/a^2) dx

there you can see the nessecary steps (click: show steps)

and this is the result: integral 2*b*sqrt(1-x^2/a^2) dx from x = -a to x = a

[rmhism]

@Nefret Parametric equations with Green's Theorem in the plane is easiest.

[Nefret]

@rmhism Yes, I agree. But therefor you have to understand vector analysis, especially Stokes' Theorem. So I see no other elementary way to solve this integral.

[AmadeusStatisitician]

what is this from?

[Taowhr]

He didn't even look at the problem, how could he have solved it?...

[snoopdogsballs]

Haha, the teachers face expression at the end is win.

[snoopdogsballs]

@Unrated48

and 1+1=1

[JackTheNinja11]

pfft but does he know that 2+2=5 =P

[PMsuperboy]

@JackTheNinja11 the came from fairly odd parents ..

[johnny9101]

@JackTheNinja11 Actually that is correct, but it's a very complex equation that I doubt any of you can do. this is the way me and my Geometry class did it.

Start with: -20 = -20

Which is the same as: 16-36 = 25-45

Which can also be expressed as: (2+2) 2 (9 X (2+2) = 52) 9 X 5

Add 81/4 to both sides: (2+2) 2 (9 X (2+2) + 81/4 = 52) 9 X 5 + 81/4

Rearrange the terms: ({2+2}) 9/2) 2 = (5-9/2) 2

Ergo: 2+2 - 9/2 = 5

Hence: 2 + 2 = 5

so you aren't lying when you say 2+2=5

[rmhism]

@johnny9101 Between where you say "Rearrange the terms" and "Ergo", you take the square root of both sides. But you have to take into consideration that the square root is a multivalued function. So this step is invalid.

[gamemaster014]

i'm pretty sure any MIT professor would be able to proove the formula for the area of an ellipse...

[caviper1]

@gamemaster014 - including instructors and laboratorists.

[bobstevefrank123]

@gamemaster014 Let alone MIT profs, any mathematics professor at any accredited university could prove piab

[RohanOrhanHaron]

You call this dumb question the toughest ??

[drawingmaster]

Wrote it very neat

[VideoGameEngineer]

Yeah what movie is this from? Looks kinda cool.

[merrimanpatrick]

what movie is this off of?

[minzu79]

@merrimanpatrick

I finally found it out. The Movie is called "Rushmore"

Have a nice week..

[FM897]

I don't want to not open another math book for the rest of my life :(

[MrRockybalboa1]

lol :D

[blackcherrywoman]

well we all got many different talents hahaha lucky you!

[nyfitsaslianos]

Is the calculation of the area of an ellipse, such a mythical problem? You should try the perimeter.

[broncos720z]

jaja, nice video

[deogrou]

lol, only extremely intelligent/funny/ugly/pretty/­long/big/fast etc. get much attention ^^

[jayasenan]

haha.

[goodluckpeace44]

well being a genious even in a movie is a great luck