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varjag
on Dec 3, 2010
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MIT Entrance exam (1869)
True, but it wasn't typical Russian school level in 1868.
migiale
on Dec 3, 2010
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check this out
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/BogdanovB...
this is a painting from 1895 pupils were supposed to do calculations like the one on the blackboard in their heads, without any writing
varjag
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It's not algebra, you wouldn't have gotten to MIT with that even back then.
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