Young talent competitionWinner of 'Jugend forscht 2018' chosen
The winners of the national final of 'Jugend forscht 2018' have been announced: at the end of May, Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek presented the awards to the talented youngsters. The winners from technology, computer science, earth and space sciences and physics, including special prize winners, in a photo gallery.
August 8, 1900 is considered a special date among mathematicians: at a congress, the mathematical genius David Hilbert presented the 23 most pressing problems in his field and had a lasting influence on further research. In their project, the three students Benedikt Stock, Abhik Pal and Marco David tackled problem number 10. According to Hilbert, the aim was to find out whether a certain type of equation - the so-called Diophantine equation - always has a solution. As early as 1970, a Russian mathematician proved that this was impossible. The three young researchers have now succeeded in reproducing this highly complex and difficult proof by computer - with the help of 'Isabelle', a sophisticated software for mathematical proof.