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Nigerian Student Solves 30 Year Did Math Equation and
Breaks Academic Record at Japanese University
Nigerian student Dfat El-: ang has just be: ame Fe first Nigerian earn a "First tile Degree"
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Wat speaks English, .. French and Japanese.

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#9 - phawsy (06/01/2015) [-]

And if you give him your credit card info he will tell you how he has solved such a complex puzzle!

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#1 - ubercookieboy (06/01/2015) [-]

If he keeps this up he's going to have to find total strangers to donate his massive fortune

#189 to #1 - nomadics (06/02/2015) [-]

I don't get it

#190 to #189 - instalation (06/02/2015) [-]

#205 to #189 - anon (06/02/2015) [-]

www.bbb.org/new-york-city/get-consumer-help/articles/the-nigerian-prince-old-scam-new-twist/

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#192 to #1 - joshlol (06/02/2015) [-]

you funny ************

#46 to #1 - moorbs (06/01/2015) [-]

Funniest thing I've read today

#41 to #1 - broorb (06/01/2015) [-]

top kek 10/10

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#5 to #1 - navien (06/01/2015) [-]

nice meme

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#82 - ElephantBerry (06/01/2015) [-]

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#6 - qonetwothreefive (06/01/2015) [-]

But which porblem was it that he solved...

#197 to #6 - futureofmlb (06/02/2015) [-]

Something with an avion creature crossing a road I believe

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#37 to #24 - ohmeghon ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

that was pretty forced man. C'mon

#147 to #6 - jumperzero (06/02/2015) [-]

solve for x

#102 to #6 - kevinipples ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

2+2=5

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#7 to #6 - thegoblingamer ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

One that hasn't been solved for 30 years. Also it was a math problem.

#40 to #7 - anon (06/01/2015) [-]

It has never been solved x

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#28 - bluefootbird (06/01/2015) [-]

He's also a prince. I sent him money so I know he's legit.

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#29 to #28 - niteghost (06/01/2015) [-]

You don't send the prince money. You send him all your bank details and he sends you money.

#53 to #29 - IamSofaKingdom (06/01/2015) [-]

to be fair, you do end up sending him your money.

#54 to #53 - niteghost (06/01/2015) [-]

lol true.

Side note: You wouldn't happen to be Canadian, would you?

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#69 to #54 - IamSofaKingdom (06/01/2015) [-]

Sorry, East Coast US. Not Canadian (despite starting my comment with an apology). Is there a Canadian company called Sofa Kingdom or something?

#232 to #69 - niteghost (06/02/2015) [-]

S'all good. My friend has a Steam friend who goes by Sofa King. I wasn't sure if maybe you were him. Nice to meet another king though.

#85 to #29 - ognuggetry (06/01/2015) [-]

Now my Nigerian prince says his money is in a foreign bank and needs funds to pay for lawyers to release his assets, etc.

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#12 - steelplatypus (06/01/2015) [-]

Damn, that's pretty ****** impressive

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#43 - srskate ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

I don't believe this story. I did at first, but as a math student, I was very curious what equation he actually solved. I cannot seem to find an answer to this, all I can actually find is that the problem he solved was 30 years old. For as big of a deal as this would be in the math world, there is no documentation of it. The more I think about it, it doesn't make sense to say a math equation was unsolved for 30 years. Equations are what mathematicians solve, they prove things. The closest thing to solving an equation is studying partial differential equations.

Moreover, he is not listed under famous Alumni in the universities page [0]. Looking up "First class degree tokai university" only returns stories about him, and all the stories say the same thing. None of them are particularly reputable.

If anyone can prove me wrong, please do. I REALLY want to read more about the equation he solved.

[0] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokai_University#Famous_alumni

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#124 to #43 - vashford (06/01/2015) [-]

It was last edited 3 months ago. That's probably why.

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#136 to #43 - anon (06/02/2015) [-]

PDE's is just a small subset in all the equations of mathematics. Equations being solved means finding non-trivial solutions. The general schrodinger equation hasn't been solved yet, that's existed for about 80 years now, not to mention many other equations.

#231 to #136 - srskate ONLINE (06/02/2015) [-]

You gave me an example of a differential equation. What are some examples of unsolved equations that aren't diffy q's (I'm legitimately curious)

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#161 to #43 - ronyx (06/02/2015) [-]

Try to search it in asian language

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#61 to #43 - adrenalinbbq (06/01/2015) [-]

My first clue was that he still wears his hat like a moron, but looking for actual facts which refute the article is also a way I guess..

#135 to #61 - anon (06/02/2015) [-]

LOOK BELOW

#211 to #135 - adrenalinbbq (06/02/2015) [-]

Below...me.

#80 to #43 - srskate ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

Small correction, I meant to say "Equations aren't what mathematicians solve"
Clarification: In general, mathematicians don't really look at individual equations, unless they're very abstract. An example of an equation that might interest 17th century mathematicians is ax + by = d, when a,b,d,c,y are all integers. Modern mathematics, however, is all about proving certain properties. Look at the millenium questions as an example.

#75 to #43 - anon (06/01/2015) [-]

Damn, really? I'm pretty bummed cause I wanted this to be true. I'll try looking myself, maybe there's some strange journal somewhere that has it. I guess Abraham Lincoln was right: you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

#81 to #43 - lordbyronxiv (06/01/2015) [-]

cctv-africa.com/2015/05/19/nigerian-student-ufot-ekong-breaks-the-record-of-excellence/

www.bellanaija.com/2015/05/21/nigerian-student-ufot-ekong-breaks-30-year-academic-record-at-japanese-university/

these seem like a reputable news station's website and a site that's reporting it but isn't a blog. Those photos seem quite difficult to fake lol.

I can't find anything about the math equation though I, too, am a mathematician that would like to know more. Media in general is awful at reporting on the maths and sciences though.

#87 to #81 - srskate ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

You raise good points. It's more accurate for me to say that I believe some aspects of this story are not true. Like, that guy in the picture most likely did actually graduate from a Japanese University n such, but I feel like this is an example of a smaller news or other similar site reporting something, embellishing the details, and then everyone else runs with it.

#95 to #87 - rollfourexplain (06/01/2015) [-]

**rollfourexplain used "*roll 1, 0000-9999*"**
**rollfourexplain rolls 0,386**

Part of the problem could be that the problem was written in Japanese or is mostly available on Japanese websites. Google also filters search results by your location.

#122 to #95 - anon (06/01/2015) [-]

Still, it seems like four out of five stories originating around India or Nigeria are so totally embellished it's silly. "11 year old prodigy proves Einstein wrong!" and things like that

#131 to #43 - disasterbater (06/02/2015) [-]

Finally, someone who enjoys math.... just recently read about this guy --> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitang_Zhang

He worked at Subway, and in his spare time, proved that there were bounded gaps between primes (the gap between 2 and 3 is zero, the gap between 11 and 13 is one, the gap between 61 and 67 is six, etc.) The gap happens to be 70,000,000 and might be a big step toward finding out whether or not there are infinite prime numbers. ******* badass.

You might like these too, I made them a while back.
www.funnyjunk.com/The+golden+ratio/funny-pictures/5309475/
www.funnyjunk.com/Perelman+and+the+poincare+conjecture/funny-pictures/5313936/

#235 to #131 - srskate ONLINE (06/04/2015) [-]

I forgot to reply to this, so I'm sorry for that.

Thank you so much for linking me to that guy. I heard about prime gaps previously, and I was very curious about them because I initially misunderstood them. Now this is MUCH more clear.
Side note: did you mean infinite twin primes? Because we already have a proof of infinite primes.

#236 to #235 - disasterbater (06/04/2015) [-]

i dont know why i said that, i think i meant to say there was no equation to identify all successive prime numbers. and i have heard the twin primes issue as well. Send me any links you find interesting, im always open to knew math sources/debates/etc.!

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#16 - fukkentyranitar (06/01/2015) [-]

Now we wait for the manga.

#45 to #16 - alfonshister (06/01/2015) [-]

now we wait for schnitzel to appear and go "b-b-but muh useless ******* "

Generally, **** generalizations

#145 to #45 - renespar (06/02/2015) [-]

here's how I scare them off, I've never seen one of those ********* refute this with any degree of success

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#4 - roguekek (06/01/2015) [-]

Good for him. Hes a credit to society. He should be proud of himself.

#92 to #4 - wazoowonseventeen (06/01/2015) [-]

if anyone is lookin fer sauce: Hidan no Aria

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#163 - nseine (06/02/2015) [-]

And if you send him 5000 USD to pay back his student loans he will pay you back double with interest. Nice try, Ufot, I know where this goes.

#167 to #163 - cigma (06/02/2015) [-]

Now that's a good investment.

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#51 - springbok (06/01/2015) [-]

Hello my friend. I am Nigerian prince. I have many monies I wish to pay into your bank account……

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#123 - jvair (06/01/2015) [-]

now he can reclaim that fortune he left behind and his brother was trying to give away

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#110 - theguynamedme (06/01/2015) [-]

#113 to #110 - dennisthedog (06/01/2015) [-]

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#26 - fluffagus (06/01/2015) [-]

#68 to #26 - sohisohi (06/01/2015) [-]

Naw man, teach him to fish.

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#116 - potatovillain (06/01/2015) [-]

This guy is the exact opposite of this other Nigerian "student"
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/nigerian-student-gay-marriage_n_3934518.html

******* magnets! How do they prove gay marriage is scientifically impossible?!

#118 to #116 - stonetomcat (06/01/2015) [-]

+ and + repel, - and - repel.
Only + and - attract
Not saying he's right, only that I can see where he comes from

#120 to #118 - potatovillain (06/01/2015) [-]

Are you trying to educate me on how basic magnetism works, or are you saying that there is a logic of explaining sexuality with ******* magnets?

#121 to #120 - stonetomcat (06/01/2015) [-]

Neither, I'm just trying to comprehend his retarded viewpoint.

#126 to #121 - potatovillain (06/02/2015) [-]

Ahh, I see your point.

******* magnets, they run the world.

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#130 to #129 - potatovillain (06/02/2015) [-]

I just noticed.

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#31 - raeptiemx (06/01/2015) [-]

Tyrone finally got his **** straight

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#3 - wcpapier (06/01/2015) [-]

Damn you japan and your weird ****

#188 - casualtyivvii (06/02/2015) [-]

Welcome to FJ, where the word n***** will appear on every post with a black man, and a successful black man will also reach the front page. God I love you contradictable bastards.

#212 to #188 - thechosentroll (06/02/2015) [-]

Yeah, but we don't say the word ****** out of racism. We say it, because it's the internet and someone has to at someone point or another blurt it out. In fact, we rarely crack racist jokes out or racism. We crack them because they're funny. The only time the site is genuinely racist and hateful is during race riots, in which case everyone turns into a middleages asian shop owner.

#216 to #212 - casualtyivvii (06/02/2015) [-]

Hit the nail on the head my friend. I just love the duality of it.

#156 - bryvin (06/02/2015) [-]

He put a lot of Ufot into his school work.

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#66 - anon (06/01/2015) [-]

that my friends isnt a ******
that is a black man

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#67 to #66 - kanatana (06/01/2015) [-]

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#86 to #66 - xxkosukexx (06/01/2015) [-]

I hate when people say that. "Oh he not a ***** hea black monnn" nah he a ****** that figured **** out. Color doesn't matter.

#144 to #86 - jtastic (06/02/2015) [-]

but even the term " ****** " is a purely colour based association O.O you're literally being hypocritical on two levels

#104 to #86 - killerliquid (06/01/2015) [-]

All bout them connotations man

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#96 to #86 - brothergrimm ONLINE (06/01/2015) [-]

The definition of a ****** is an ignorant person. That man is far from ignorant.

#99 to #96 - grumpythefirst (06/01/2015) [-]

Actually the definition for ****** is "a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person.", it has nothing to do with ignorance. Although, still 'contemptuous' so still very negative.

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