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Teen in Germany solves Newtonian question of ballistics
5/27/2012 10:12:22 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouryya_Ray
Numerous news outlets are reporting an Indian-born teen in Germany has solved a question posed by Issac Newton regarding ballistics and air resistance. I'll leave it to the German speakers to get a copy of his paper & apply it in this forum.
Gig 'em,
backbencher
Numerous news outlets are reporting an Indian-born teen in Germany has solved a question posed by Issac Newton regarding ballistics and air resistance. I'll leave it to the German speakers to get a copy of his paper & apply it in this forum.
Gig 'em,
backbencher
5/27/2012 10:46:45 AM
"His father taught him Calculus at age 6."
I had to take that 2x to pass it in college, and still don't grasp it.
I had to take that 2x to pass it in college, and still don't grasp it.
5/27/2012 11:30:34 AM
Looks like he came up with an analytical solution to a problem that was previously only solvable with numerical methods - but still solvable, in a practical sense. Impressive, for sure, but I'm not sure that it will give us any more information than we already have about ballistics in general, especially given the simplistic nature of the problem he solved compared to the sophistication of the 6-dof+ models used in modern ballistics simulation today.
5/28/2012 10:59:26 AM
Originally Posted By RocketmanOU:
Looks like he came up with an analytical solution to a problem that was previously only solvable with numerical methods - but still solvable, in a practical sense. Impressive, for sure, but I'm not sure that it will give us any more information than we already have about ballistics in general, especially given the simplistic nature of the problem he solved compared to the sophistication of the 6-dof+ models used in modern ballistics simulation today.
Looks like he came up with an analytical solution to a problem that was previously only solvable with numerical methods - but still solvable, in a practical sense. Impressive, for sure, but I'm not sure that it will give us any more information than we already have about ballistics in general, especially given the simplistic nature of the problem he solved compared to the sophistication of the 6-dof+ models used in modern ballistics simulation today.
I have no fucking clue what you just said, but I think you did answer my question as to whether or not our balistics programs would improve as a result of this kid's findings.
5/28/2012 11:26:14 AM
Great but can he hit steel at 2500 yards? 
5/28/2012 12:03:54 PM
Originally Posted By Rob01:
Great but can he hit steel at 2500 yards?
Great but can he hit steel at 2500 yards?
Nope but he'll do the math so you can try!!
5/28/2012 12:18:34 PM
One of the article said he came in second. I wonder what it takes to come in first? Clearly solving a 350 year old problem isn't it.
5/28/2012 1:07:28 PM
Originally Posted By forgotmylogin:
Nope but he'll do the math so you can try!!
Originally Posted By Rob01:
Great but can he hit steel at 2500 yards?
Great but can he hit steel at 2500 yards?
Nope but he'll do the math so you can try!!
Can already do it
