10-year-old takes Zurich university maths class

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <b><span id="goog_2114435516"></span><span id="goog_2114435517"></span>GENEVA: A 10-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school maths exam for fun is taking a special course in the subject at prestigious Zurich University, the institution said Wednesday.</b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GHmmpcizT0BIMvkTTa4E2NNpLWazpstZz5TC8x3NMtAR07rV331ZnK1fD4j5tUo40_z-wDeEoQJTWcce3OSW297l_vM0wYbz0abMJ7yiXXFWB37gKWgEZ2lvyvI_Jz5zhFr7nSQJhvw6/s1600/10-year-old+takes+Zurich+university+maths+class.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GHmmpcizT0BIMvkTTa4E2NNpLWazpstZz5TC8x3NMtAR07rV331ZnK1fD4j5tUo40_z-wDeEoQJTWcce3OSW297l_vM0wYbz0abMJ7yiXXFWB37gKWgEZ2lvyvI_Jz5zhFr7nSQJhvw6/s640/10-year-old+takes+Zurich+university+maths+class.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Maximilan Janisch, whose father is a retired maths professor, is the youngest child to ever be allowed to follow such a course at the university, its president Michael Hengartner told AFP.<br /> <br /> "He's a very intelligent child," Hengartner said, pointing out that the <br /> boy, whose parents are German, "understands a lot of concepts for his age".<br /> <br /> Gifted Janisch has already skipped three grades in primary school, but <br /> cannot officially enrol at the university since he does not have a complete high school diploma.<br /> Instead, he will follow a specialised course aimed at talented high school seniors wanting to get a leg-up on the university curriculum.<br /> <br /> The boy told the SonntagsZeitung weekly earlier this year that he was "not a specialist at making friends" since his classmates were so much older than him.<br /> <br /> "I can't find anyone with whom I can discuss Archimedes (a mathematician in ancient Greece), and most people don't even know who (renowned 19th-century German mathematician Carl Friederich) Gauss is," he complained. (AFP)<br /> <br /></div>

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GENEVA: A 10-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school maths exam for fun is taking a special course in the subject at prestigious Zurich University, the institution said Wednesday. Maximilan Janisch, whose father is a retired maths professo…

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