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Trailer for the film Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Competition. Hard Problems is a feature documentary about the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United States in 2006 at the world's toughest math competition-the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
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@chloeagnew1 9 жыл бұрын

I once worked on maths olympiad and physics olympiad at high school and I was awarded with the third class prize in my province. That was the best time period of my life.

@Uniquemand 11 жыл бұрын

Zeb said the Putnam is extremely hard. He got a gold at the IMO in 2006. He sometimes does well on Putnam, sometimes doesn't, depending on his sleep and preparation, but it's a harder test.

@skippycavanaugh3148 6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Brady yes. By looking at the papers, I honestly found Putnam to be much harder because it has elements of multivariable calculus and college level topics which aren't present in IMO. Zeb Brady is truly a prodigy by all means of the word and has inspired me. I truly wish him best of luck in his future👍

@iaexo 3 жыл бұрын

I will always have huge respect for IMO participants - the problems are really on quite a different level.

@AlgeKalipso 16 жыл бұрын

IMO problems are usually so beautiful! Sadly I ranked 7th in my country so I didnt go.

@skippycavanaugh3148 7 жыл бұрын

AlgeKalipso congrats on that achievement.

@minifoo8 15 жыл бұрын

I've been told by my professor that he knew a field medalist who tried out a Putnam test and got a ZERO.

@angela1894 14 жыл бұрын

There was a full-length documentary posted on this, but the person who posted it deleted their account.

@Uniquemand 12 жыл бұрын

they're not all asian. My son took a gold, and he's Irish/Jewish

@kylesheng2365 4 жыл бұрын

Zeb?

@msindisisakhile8585 4 жыл бұрын

Zeb Brady?

@kamarastubbs29 3 жыл бұрын

@@msindisisakhile8585 i guess so

@skippycavanaugh3148 6 жыл бұрын

Can someone pls give me the name of the instrumental song used???

@Maskman-qm6pu 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Gifted at Mathematics

@gorunmain 7 жыл бұрын

Where can I watch this?

@Uniquemand 11 жыл бұрын

cultural longevity, IMO. both of these cultures have emphasized the importance of their children learning to read and write and do math, and have prospered because of it. those who forget the importance of these basics end up going through wild fluctuations and tribal death

@Ruby509991 16 жыл бұрын

does anyone know where to get this video from?

@ShakkIsLife 13 жыл бұрын

Where can I download this documentary?

@Plexious 14 жыл бұрын

@centesjosh just keep doing it try not thinking about it I have pretty good pencil tricks myself but i never noticed until somebody said something !

@therandomsfun 9 жыл бұрын

Anyone know the name of the background music?

@vipinbhat6971 3 жыл бұрын

No it isn’t, it is Beethoven appasionata Sonata 3rd movement.

@AGameGem 13 жыл бұрын

@xix3love yeh, im surprised too... only half?

@DelphianSociety 11 жыл бұрын

Are you saying IMO problems are getting easier?

@TheAsianEngineer 12 жыл бұрын

@minifoo8 Yes but doing not so well on the putnam doesnt imply that you do not have the potential to do well.

@leo14992 10 жыл бұрын

why are all your videos from 2006 was that the last time this happened

@hozaifabhutta1424 5 жыл бұрын

socks n sandals idk

@angela1894 14 жыл бұрын

@minifoo8 Just an anomaly. The truth is that most of them would do well on the Putnam. Maybe this field medalist wasn't trying hard enough, or maybe he did not reach mathematical maturity until graduate school. Either way, the putnam exam shouldn't be much of a problem to someone with the mathematical knowledge and aptitude that a fields medalist typically possesses. So potential fields medalists should be able to ace the putnam, but the converse is not true, though..

@hellomylittleangel 12 жыл бұрын

@xix3love it's a world competition... asians consist of a lot of the world population.

@warwize 13 жыл бұрын

@minifoo8 that's hard to believe lol...

@mbabitt 14 жыл бұрын

@minifoo8 Yay I beat a Field's Medalist :D

@DelphianSociety 11 жыл бұрын

Well that's hard to believe, a natural genius excels at these types of tests usually without much preparation, just with intuition alone. Take Feynman for example, genius of the highest caliber, participated in Putnam at short notice, absolutely blew away the competition and became a Putnam Fellow. It is however possible that the Field Medalist is not a natural genius, but a genius by working very hard (of course combined with a very superior yet not 'Putnamy' intellect).

@DelphianSociety 11 жыл бұрын

They're mostly Asians or Jewish, haha. I'm not trying to stereotype, but it's amazing how American science is dominated by Jews and Asians.

@TheStPDaddy 11 жыл бұрын

oh yeah? well i divided by zero and survived. while taming a bear. with a whistle. after punching chuck norris in the face. beat that!!!!!!

@hozaifabhutta1424 5 жыл бұрын

TheStPDaddy lol

@Gator115 13 жыл бұрын

Guy or Girl @ 1:13??

@MrEinsteinz 14 жыл бұрын

high school students.

@AidanTheLoverBoyOhDwyer 5 ай бұрын

uncle roger

@rooksman64 12 жыл бұрын

you really believe that?

@Gator115 13 жыл бұрын

@xix3love no shit

@rooksman64 12 жыл бұрын

haha

@MrMathExpert 10 жыл бұрын

And they gave up their lives for it. I've never done this type of thing before, and I have a Ph.D. in mathematics. Looking back, I rather play sports than get involved with mathematics contests and burn myself out prematurely.

@Uniquemand 7 жыл бұрын

And my son, Zeb, has a PhD in math from Stanford, too, is currently at a math event in Serbia, and will be doing post doc work at MIT. Following your dream, if it's really your dream and not your parents', doesn't burn you out. He was in this film, too.

@laviekolchinsky9441 5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Brady How did he prepare for the IMO? Was he always good at these questions (is this a developed skill or did it come naturally)? I go to a 'selective entry school' (what you in America call 'magnet schools', I believe) with the best-performers in mathematics in the country (including alumni who've become mathematicians), and I want to make some competition. I've never been good at these sorts of questions, however I'm top in my class at school (I used to be stupid and lazy, failing every test and scholarship, but after hard work and hours each day I've become what some may call "academically excellent" (although I don't like the label too much).

@skippycavanaugh3148 6 жыл бұрын

PUTNAM >> IMO