<p>A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported here Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.<br /><br />Ray solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers, Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall.<br /><br />Ray only came across the problems during a school trip to Dresden University where professors claimed they were uncrackable, the newspaper said.<br /><br />"I just asked myself, 'Why not?'," explained Ray.<br />"I didn't believe there couldn't be a solution," he added.<br />Ray began solving complicated equations as a six-year-old but says he's no genius.<br />After arriving from Kolkata four years ago without knowing any German, Shouryya is now fluent in the language.<br /><br />His intelligence was quickly noted in class and he was pushed up two years in school - he is currently sitting his exams early, the Mail said.<br /></p>
<p>A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported here Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.<br /><br />Ray solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers, Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />His solutions mean that scientists can now calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and then predict how it will hit and bounce off a wall.<br /><br />Ray only came across the problems during a school trip to Dresden University where professors claimed they were uncrackable, the newspaper said.<br /><br />"I just asked myself, 'Why not?'," explained Ray.<br />"I didn't believe there couldn't be a solution," he added.<br />Ray began solving complicated equations as a six-year-old but says he's no genius.<br />After arriving from Kolkata four years ago without knowing any German, Shouryya is now fluent in the language.<br /><br />His intelligence was quickly noted in class and he was pushed up two years in school - he is currently sitting his exams early, the Mail said.<br /></p>