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QFin students disprove centuries-old mathematical problem

15/10/2025

When QFin alumni Sergey Yurkevich and Jakob Steininger spend their free time disproving the mathematical "Rupert" problem and publish their results, "A convex polyhedron without Rupert’s property".

Find out more here: https://arxiv.org/html/2508.18475v1.

Read the full article via (only in German available): https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000288187/zwei-amateure-widerlegen-vermutung-um-jahrhundertealtes-mathematikproblem.

 

Sergey Yurkevich and Jakob Steininger

Sergey Yurkevich and Jakob Steininger


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