10 Year Old Takes Zurich University Math Class

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A 10-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school Math 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 professor, is the youngest child to ever be allowed to follow such a course at the university, its president Michael Hengartner said.
"He's a very intelligent child," Hengartner said, pointing out that the boy, whose parents are German, "understands a lot of concepts for his age".

Gifted Janisch has already skipped three grades in primary school, but cannot officially enroll at the university since he does not have a complete high school diploma.

Instead, he will follow a specialized course aimed at talented high school seniors wanting to get a leg-up on the university curriculum.

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.
"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.

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