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Students from Eastern europe and Russia are typically more adept at mathematics than western students. I can only guess at why, but they probably focus educatio
by wernerb 12y ago
Students from Eastern europe and Russia are typically more adept at mathematics than western students. I can only guess at why, but they probably focus education more on exact sciences. Many russian-speaking mathematicians are flown in for HFT, algorithmic work etc.
- kazinator 12y agoI suspect that it could be because "math" in USA elementary schools means years of doing arithmetic exercises, whereas kids in some other countries move on to symbolic math, like solving for unknown variables in equations. Kids need the symbolic stuff to be brought in as fast as possible, while their brains are malleable.
- Iftheshoefits 12y agoDo you have a source for that (eastern europeans/russians are more adept at mathematics), or is this anecdata?