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The USA just beat China for the first time in over 2 decades. 'Rah.
Here they are being awarded.
... and this kid has no time for your shit.
sinbinrugger
We are literally the best at everything. Go USA!
chipfingers
no i've never had sex but i'll bet i can count up all the change in your purse very fast
charliegrs
highexpectationsasianfather.jpg
HoverCatOne
Beat them by importing them. That's the American way. +1
thewhyteman
+1 for Mathematics.
EarthTourist
that's one set of awkward looking dudes
iamtayims
these guys must be drowning in pussy
FloatTheRiver
Virgins. Virgins Everywhere.
SiameseCitys
The U.S. team is 50% Asian.
TrillianAstraVega
And 100% male
morrose
In my opinion...#2015
caspur1300
If only they could reroll their intelligence stat to strength and luck they might get laid
LoudAngryJerk
*cough*NERDS*cough*
frankbarista
Did this take place in Thailand? Because the arena decoration seems lole it
2460Wonderful
The head coach (Poh Shen Loh) is one of my professors from CMU. He's also got a web project that he heads. www.expii.com Really nice guy.
VanityDestroyer
Nice username!
hwatL4bloopy
He knows he did all the work.
doitupgirl
International schools must be getting more lax on their students if we won in math. :/
dadddy
Come back to this picture in 10 years and tell me how rich these kids are.
tangofoxtrotwhiskey
Can we take a moment to appreciate their ties?
common5
And the one bold enough to go in bowtie. Fuck status quo
CaptainMcFloaty
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
urseppos
Oh please just FUCK OFF with your fucking chanting !
dickiedoodah
July has been just one massive continual America circle jerk. You'd think that they'd be as bored of it as the rest of us. Seemingly not :)
DrForester
NEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
helpusdrzaius
Best people on earth!
CatharsisCloud
He looks like an Asian Benedict Cumberbatch
hwatL4bloopy
You beat me tobit
iwishmylifewasamusical
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.
DadJokesaretheBest
I was gonna write this, but i had to check to make sure no one beat me to it. +1
BillNyesPenis
You mean alan turing?
frankbarista
Did this take place in Thailand? Because the arena decoration seems like it
monkeymuffins
Chiang Mai!
frankbarista
Yesssssss we have beautiful exhibition center and ladyboy wooooooo
Digleberries4sport
Is it some sort of rule that mathematicians need to have bad haircuts?
whyteraven74
As the nephew of a mathematician, yep.
flatdeer
Math > haircuts.
sleete
Might because they keep rubbing their head/hair when thinking of solutions.
jpparkenbone
As a bald guy, I am envious of all of their hair.
TheSpaismunky
yes
idownvoteplottwist
Yes, see the "I did the homework but I ain't gonna let you copy" starter kit.
tendthekine
North Korea came in 4th place
Ciffer
Really?
tendthekine
yep, no joke: http://imgur.com/7IU6VLd
Soufriere
Honestly not shocking. What will be shocking is if they don't get sent to prison for losing to America.
dearleaderkimjong
I believe you mean Super 1st place.
upthehillandtotheright
They had to solve 3 math problems a day for 2 days, only one kid in the entire competition solved all 6, you have to be almost a genius 1/2
ArdentSlacker
Seems like we should throw in a 7th one that's highly useful. Like proving the "lost" theorum, or that P=(n)P thing.
IronRod
Does that mean the person that sets the problems is some sort of super genius?
ArdentSlacker
Teamwork and a lot more time to work with, I think.
isotope
You probably have to be an actual genius. I'm an almost genius, there's no way I could solve that shit.
rather0od
Thank you. Everyone assumes the 99% is all one group of people. Leptons.
Hurryupmeow
Vanilla Ice would've solved all of them while his dj revolved it
Naturally90
Had a look at the sample question, I have a maths degree, and I understand the question... Just not sure how to solve it haha.
whyteraven74
The way it's stated seems a touch odd.
TomBombaChill
I have a maths degree as well, glad I'm not the only one who can't solve it readily.
jarebdude
Reminds me of the Putnam. Which is like the college equivalent of this.
dustySoda
Sauce? So i can cry while i compare it to my college algebra
Solarfyre
https://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx
jazzhead
wow that was a helluva read
Xolan
Thinking about how to solve these is giving me a headache.. I wouldn't last a second in that competition.
StrayBis
I had a fairly good idea of what was going on until the question asks to prove it.
nattysplatty
I guess I'm not going to sleep tonight.
bouledeneige
I just said what the fuck out loud
IWasInsufferableIn2017
It suddenly gets really easy when you realize that the sequence is a siteswap juggling pattern.
jarebdude
These actually all look pretty doable.
Naturally90
Looks can be deceiving. Often the simplest looking questions are the hardest to solve. Goldbach conjecture for example
jarebdude
Try the Putnam.
jarebdude
I mean, I know exactly what I would do for each of them. Downvote all you want, it's high school vs college level mathematics.
jarebdude
Also Have a degree. Sauce?
Naturally90
Someones posted it further up
upthehillandtotheright
to solve even one question. 2/2
KingMammajamma
Which kid solved all 6?
trustmeimasuperhero
Zhuo Kun from Canada solved all 6. Allen Liu, the kid with no time for our shit, had 4 perfects scores, & scored 1/7 & 6/7 in the other 2
KingMammajamma
Cool thanks man!
Solarfyre
I participated in my countries youth math olympics. Now, after having studied computer science (with metric shittons of math in it) 1/2
Solarfyre
for 4 semesters, I finallly understand some of the problems I tried when I was 15. I think I can imagine how the adult math olympics are.
howdoiscience
Adult math olympics is theoretical math at the academic/PhD level, basically.
Solarfyre
Batshit-crazy³
CanadianEngineer
Naww, more like ^nth power where n -> infinity
IWasInsufferableIn2017
There's no such thing as adult math olympics, because who would invent the problems?
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Also, as soon as you get to university level, mathematics splits up into thousands of distinct subcategories, and it is impossible (1/2)
Frederf
Reimann.
gtu2004
grand adults like grandpa and grandmas duhhhhh
IWasInsufferableIn2017
to design a test that accounts evenly for competence in all those subcategories.
Mirawatts
By "solve" do you mean completed, or be correct?
lifeful
i'm going to chance a guess that you're not into the whole "math" or "academics" thing...
Naturally90
You can't solve a proof without being correct. If your answer is wrong you've not solved the problem.
pupwink
Yes, the solution would be the set of numbers that satisfies the equation, so it would have to be correct.
IWasInsufferableIn2017
You only need to show existence of (b, N) for any sequence of a's. You don't need to say what they are, only show that they always exist.
drrange
Well I could complete 6 in about 3 minutes if I didn't need to be correct.
danglerfish
I like the cut of your jib
01111001
.... be correct
baronridiculous
There's a sample question on the middle of the page here: http://x2t.com/6/math
Alavar
Ive been drinking and all I have to say is....fuck....that.....shit lol
MisterR4Z0R
So it's a help being creative to solve the problems.... and of them is called David Stoner... isn't that cheating?!
whyteraven74
Says to prove there are two integers, which can be attacked a few ways. It's asking for two integers, doesn't say "prove there exist two...
whyteraven74
and only two integers..."
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Well, if (b, N) is a valid pair, then obviously (b, N+1) is also a valid pair. They never said the two integers had to be unique.
Mirawatts
Okay, but that doesn't answer my question.
Naturally90
If it's a proof you can't really complete it without being correct not easy maths like a calculation where you can get marks for working..
40watz
To put it simply, proofs already have an answer and it's given in the problem. The struggling part is coming up with the way to solve it
baronridiculous
It's a "prove this" question. I'm not sure either of your options really covers that. The proof has to be correct, of course.
Mirawatts
This is what I asked: do they have to complete the question (as in submitting an answer) or does it have to be the correct answer.
whyteraven74
They're looking for a proof, if works it's right, however there can be more than one proof for something, for example the Pythagorean...
whyteraven74
theorem has several dozen accepted proofs. All prove the same thing, just in different ways.
Naturally90
I'd maybe attempt a proof by induction? Is there an actual solution?
IWasInsufferableIn2017
Maybe this hint can help you: The sequence is a juggling pattern, b is the number of balls, and N is when the last ball comes into play.
whyteraven74
Were it me I'd just pick some numbers at random and work out the equation and see what comes out. Sometimes in math contests a question...
whyteraven74
asking for a proof is basically a trick question. Get people lost looking for a proof when if they work out the equation it's pretty clear.
FartSmarterNotHarder
The american team looks like they have a lot of diversity...
FredeFuppe
Except for blacks. No african americans.
itscoldhere8monthsoftheyear
Not sure what the "..." at the end is about.
Shyz
Sounds sarcastic to me
willowwashere
maybe its about the lack of African Americans or chicks or they wanted to see what folks would imagine it meant or just trying to rustle us
PhillipSemenHoffmore
Looking at his posts, he's one of those people that uses a lot of excess, ambiguous punctuation... .... .. .... .... ... .. .. ..... ...
oldozzer
Three dots, three ends of a triangle, connect dots, wild eye appears at the center, Illuminati confirmed.
normandy247
Not aryan enough maybe
Mirawatts
To imply that a team of 6 US students must be culturally diverse to represent the US, otherwise racism wins?
RaynSideways
Yes, they do.
underscoreneckbeard
I see no old old wooden ships.
SaucyDisses
Which is good!
Mirawatts
Diversity and the national origin of a person's family are also not relevant to a person's skills at math.
TitaniumDragon
Not terribly surprising.
tendthekine
Ryan Alweiss, Allen Liu, Yang Liu, Shyam Narayanan, David Stoner, Michael Kural
IChangeMySettings
Except for gender wise.
FartSmarterNotHarder
Finally someone else noticed. Was this a boys only math Olympics?
BlueBomber05
I was surprised that there were any white people on the team
totallyofficialdalton
That's the beauty of America. You're not Indian you're not Chinese. You're not Spanish. You're an American.
YouCannotUnSeeThis
So they are not diverse?
6Foot4FullOfMuscles
except when you're gay... then.. well.. you're gay...
IamCommanderShepardAndThisIsMyFavouriteStoreOnTheCitadel
But if you´re black you´re African american. Even if you were born in ´Murica. Ahhhh sweet logic.
RegretNothing
*freedom screech*
corporalcapybara
Freedom of screech?
EzmareldaFitzmonster
And you're a man
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JamBarn
Not cool. Not accurate.
FlamedLion
Then your a southerner?
FlamedLion
Who is also part of America?
SuperPandaDenali
Especially when it comes to gender.
FartSmarterNotHarder
That was the first thing I noticed about their team. Apparently it was a boys only math Olympics.
Faaaaantastic
'Rah Devil
MisterNesbitt
Leathernecks asssssembleee
elcuve
There you are, I was waiting for the 'Rah back.
MichaelSulerud
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
menotu799
I facepalmed seeing it in a post about a math team I admit.
lucid430
I facepalm whenever I see it in anything.
PhuckKnuckles
Found the motivator.
lucid430
Yeah so motivated haha. EASed and haven't looked back since. Aside from the crap I glimpse on here.
guitarman227
Eeeeerrrrraaaahhhh
plainRC
Marines?
MynameisUser
Marines.
plainRC
Rah.
Gingerbread322
We only beat the Chinese because we clearly kidnapped one of them.
Treblaine
"We lured em over... WITH FREDUM!"
dhaves
1 from china, 1 India, 1 from Mexico... Suspicious...
owlest
actually kidnapped 4 of them, 2 coaches and 2 matheletes
sadwastedmexican
HEY! The American dream is that anyone who comes here gets to be American, he is ours now
Summerofindependentgeorge
If you can't beat em...
OneDudeFromNorway
Make them joine you
jadespider
Out-source to india?
Jonajurgen
Sweetum
CantCatchForShit
You kidnap em'
sleete
But if you @cantcatchforshit how you gonna kidnap em'?
17thspartan
Buy them.
KingDingaLingOfHouseHymenHammer
And SEX!!! I mean... wait a minute?
17thspartan
I mean, we've managed to make that model work for us in the normal Olympics.
KingDingaLingOfHouseHymenHammer
And SEX!!! um..er..hmm... wait a minute?...
Michealbay
Eat them
ArcaneConjecture
Whoever you are, wherever you are, America has someone just like you.
atairov
If he's raised in the US, he's an American, no matter what he looks like.
VikingInOz
I think the joke was that he didn't look to happy.
atairov
Sorry, I couldn't hear the joke over the sound of my FREEDOM! *flexes*
Iamgurian
Either way, it's a joke...
TitaniumDragon
Why would we need to kidnap them? People come here for free all the time. Much less work.
ThatRussian
Both the Russian and U.S. figure skating teams were trained by the same, Russian, coach. In America. Are they really different teams???
tendthekine
two of them plus the coach
monkeymuffins
The coach for the US team is Chinese too!
bruuno117
Well thats just cheating!
MisterJP
The American soccer coach is German!
jehabib
We are a very diverse country and that makes us better...this is just proving that.
PitbullsPublicist
jehabib
Speaking as someone who does not identify as white and has two immigrant parents...maybe not everyone thinks in terms of black and white.
jehabib
As someone with immigrant parents that doesn't fall under the category of white or black, maybe it isn't as black and white as you think.
CheesusChrisp
America is made up of all different races and backgrounds. It's kind of the point of America
trustmeimasuperhero
I want to agree.. but the current leading republican presidential candidate and his supporters..
GatesofAphelion
He's calculated how many fucks he give
SeanOfTheNotSoDead
The simplest equation he's ever had to do
wtwlf123
Absolute zero fucks.
xbxoxy
he probs gives 30
RandomIndian
Asian Kanye West counterpart!
ImSoUserFriendly
the answer is the inverse square root of -83939475
thefucksnotgiven
I AM RELEVANT!!!
paard
'Bout tree fiddy
Iilsebastian
Fucks given: zero. Fucks received: also zero
siler7
s
blargant
e^i*pi + 1
thewidowsson
This right here deserves a gold medal
FrogPaste
Equal to the real part of the Riemann Zeta Function: zero
DrMountainLion
Cary the one...yes the answer is zero...
SpazmaticJ
He give none. Son.
doverhavens
The limit does not exist
rallen9268
42. A math genius knows everything equals 42.
alexcoldt
AND IT WAS ZERO!!!!
DemonicShoe
00000000000000000H
40watz
THE LIMIT GOES TO ZERO
Mostlydeadpool
actually it was the cube root of zero, yo.
alexcoldt
This was my highest upvoted thing ever, and it's a subcoment of the best comment. I'm riding the coattails of the guy riding the coattails.
captainspoof
Mitsubishi Zeros
golem501
1^2 + i^2
BrazilianThunderPanda
They all look exactly how I expected. And in 20 years they will be far more successful than I ever will be.
Iambikecurious
2nd from left isn't bad looking
ihavealteredmyusernameagainprayidontalteritanyfurther
Or they will calculate everything is absolutely pointless and wind up in living in a ditch
catsonmeth
Nah, just university debt and a mediocre lab job.
Vaanhalen
http://imgur.com/A5FUNhB
Naturally90
I have never met an unemployed mathematician, if there are any in Scotland, my company has ten vacancies for you!
whyteraven74
Don't bet on it. Being able to do well at a math Olympiad doesn't mean that much as far as future achievement in math let alone in general
ThatRussian
I did well on a math Olympiad in grade 5! And now I need a calculator for basic addition....
B00MR0ASTED
I feel like the last picture is an asian Benidoot Cumbersnoot.
SSColonelHansLanda
Just go and check where the winners from previous years are, it doesn't mean or predict success at all
silaswanders
I swear he looks like the MC in an anime.
BeTheBestMe
I look like them physically, yet i'm still a shit
babaroga73
The one giving zero fcks will be successfull sooner, much sooner.
WrongReference
as someone who used to be part of the nerd crowd (science bowl nationals, math club, etc), i can tell you: not really as much as you'd think
Naturally90
You defo need the smarts and the chat to get ahead. You need to be good with people to climb the corporate ladder.
RandomAbscessMemories
This. The pure nerds don't do nearly as well as the bros who go into business or finance. A lot of them can't really apply themselves well.
WrongReference
you hit it right on the money.
Gamma31415
Perhaps they define success differently than making the most money.
RandomAbscessMemories
Perhaps, but none of the ones that I know do.
heroworship
"pure nerds" so endearing
fabe30
I think with a decent haircut they could all look pretty good, but those are awful.
caligulag
I don't know about you, but they are already more successful than me.
Amisleadingliarwholies
20 yrs? Aren't they more successful now?
Scmike00
Can someone call the burn ward??