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Technically it was to scare the Soviets from taking over all of Europe. Either way, if it US didn't use nukes, we would have just used conventional bombs to hasten Japanese surrender. US told Japan (the aggressor) unconditional surrender or face prompt and utter destruction. Had the Japanese...

Ok, my mistake, but my argument still holds. Everyone to some extent will classify people into ethnic group, and this is done for many reasons that can't be explained in this post because the margin is too small.

Then you think in terms of South Asians vs non South Asians. Stop accusing people of inferiority/superiority complex by how they group people. It is basic human thing to do. Also the grouping "white people" was done by white people first, other people just followed their lead.

Can't the question be reversed and ask why do you think in terms of orientals?

Eye opener for people who has never been to China. Basic Summary: -White guy lived in China for 8 years, has a good life, a wife, ect. -Makes video on youtube showing how China really is (or the way he sees it) -China looks pretty modern, has advance subways, and luxuries that 1st world enjoys...

Most classes like calculus, chemstry will more or less be the same, except the exams will be much harder in the top tier school because the professor wants a perfect bell-shaped curve. An "A" in calculus for a mediocre school might mean you have mastered 50%+ of the topic, but got an A because...

South Korean pop culture conquers Chinese hearts South Korean pop culture conquers Chinese hearts - Global Times Hope North Korea doesn't get jealous and fires a missiles at a passenger plane.

Excellent news! In 2030, India will be shining. Her population will be younger, smarter, and more populous than China's because no one child policy. No one will care about Shanghai anymore, and it will be all about Mumbai.

I cant answer any of those questions, but I havent touched chemistry for 4 years. Not exactly comparable, seems like JEE test you on how knowledgeable you are about general science stuff, where as IMO requires only basic math, but tests you on how good your problem solving skill is.

Don't worry, India is still developing. Wait until 2030, and India will be shining. In 5 years, people will forget about Shanghai, and it will be all about Mumbai. China's growth will hit 0 (an Indian invention) soon due to 1 child policy, where as India's youthful population will allow her...

The title unfairly targeted India. In a competition, there will always be first place and last place. A math competition shouldn't be used as an ideological weapon

If you are an international chinese graduate student, I wouldn't be surprised if you can do it. My chinese classmates seems to be much more knowledgeable than me when it comes to undergraduate fundamentals. They are the type that would come to campus at 8am, do research and study until 8pm, and...

Yes, those material should be covered, but i'd imagine that it wouldn't be covered in sufficient detail. Those are semester long classes each. Also, I think the difficulty of the test lies in your ability to retain all the information from every math class that you took. As an engineering...

An electric engineering student will know about 75% of the test (doesn't mean he'll score perfect on that 75%). Calculus is 50%, and linear algebra is 25%, but the other 25% are miscellaneous math topics such as group theory, topology, logic, analysis, combinatorics, topics that engineering...

Impressive indeed, since the end of the Cold War in 1989, China took 1st place 18 out of 25 times, 2nd place 5 out of 25 times. China along with USSR are the 2 most successful Math Olympiad countries in the world.

Also Australia's team Alexander Gunning Seyoon Ragavan Mel Shu Yang Song Praveen Wijerathna Damon Zhong. Overseas Chinese represents only a small portion of America's, Canada's, UK's, and Australia's population, yet they take up over 50% of their math team.

IMO it is a culture thing. Indians don't care enough about international prestige so they don't invest money into this sort of things. Americans, Chinese, and Soviets (not modern Russia sadly) are different. They want to have tallest building, fastest railroads, fastest supercomputers, largest...

Depends, American primary and secondary education is significantly behind other countries (cite: PISA scores). America universities are the best in the world in terms of research, papers published, ect, but that is because we imported a lot of brilliant people when the Soviet Union fell...

Sorry but your answer is incorrect. The sequence a_n is arbitrary, so you can't assume a_0 = 0, a_1 = 1, ect. You have to prove that for any arbitrary strictly monotonically increasing sequence of positive integers, there exists a natural number n>1, such that ... ect Which GRE test are...

China did not start seriously training until post Mao era, when it became clear that they were a rising power. I won't be surprised if within 10-15 years, Chinese mathematicians will start winning all the prizes. Most of the foreign PhD math students in America are from China, and from what I...