The problem and the method
The Bernoulli quadrisection problem asks how to cut a shape into four equal parts under given constraints, a question that has been studied since the Bernoulli family worked on it in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is the kind of problem that looks simple and resists a general solution.
Kumar and Joshi approached it with particle swarm optimisation, a computational technique in which many candidate solutions move through the search space and adjust towards the best result found so far, modelled loosely on how flocks and shoals behave. Silicon Republic reported on 14 January 2022 that the pair had used a new method to solve an old maths problem.
Winning the national exhibition
The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition is Ireland's largest school science competition, held each January at the Royal Dublin Society, with entries from schools across the country. Pure mathematics entries are a small minority of the field and rarely take the top prize.
The pair were students at Synge Street CBS, a Dublin school with a long record at the competition. Kumar was 15 at the time of the win.
Then Europe
In September 2022 Silicon Republic reported that the Young Scientist winners had taken the top prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists, the continental competition to which each participating country sends its national winners.
Winning both in the same year places the project at the top of the European field for school-age science, which for a mathematics entry, competing against laboratory work with visible results, is unusual. Judges at that level have to assess a proof or an algorithm on its own terms, without a demonstration to watch, and the project has to be explained well enough that a panel can follow it in a few minutes on a stand.
Where Aditya Kumar is now
The sources gathered here end in September 2022. No university place, publication or later work is recorded, and this page does not guess at one.
Aditya Kumar is also a very common name across Ireland, the United Kingdom, India and the United States, and search results mix many unrelated people. The person documented here is the Synge Street student who won the 2022 exhibition with Aditya Joshi, and nothing on this page should be read as describing anyone else.
Veinte preguntas, ocho minutos de reloj y un percentil medido frente a todos los que la han hecho. Sin registro.
Hacer la prueba de CI →What is documented and what is not
Documented: the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition win in January 2022 at 15, shared with Aditya Joshi; the use of particle swarm optimisation on the Bernoulli quadrisection problem; their school, Synge Street CBS in Dublin; and the top prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in September 2022.
Not documented here: his date of birth, the mathematical detail of the method, whether the work was published, and anything after 2022. The birth year on this page is derived from his reported age at the time of the win.
| Persona | País | Hito | Edad / Dato |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio Isaac Bravo Acosta | Perú | Oro en la ronda global de la olimpiada de matemáticas Copernicus, Singapur, 2026 | 8 años |
| Faith Odunsi | Nigeria | Ganadora del Global Open Mathematics Tournament a los 15 años | 15 años |
| Aditya Kumar | Irlanda | Co-ganador del BT Young Scientist 2022 con Aditya Joshi | 16 años |
| Owen Jianwen Zhang | Estados Unidos | Tercer lugar, Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025 | 18 años |
| Paloma Noyola Bueno | México | Reportada como líder en las pruebas nacionales de matemáticas de México, 2013 | — |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Co-won BT Young Scientist 2022 at 15 with Aditya Joshi
- The project applied particle swarm optimisation to the Bernoulli quadrisection problem
- Students at Synge Street CBS, Dublin
- Took the top prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in September 2022
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- Date of birth is not published; the birth year here is derived from his reported age
- The mathematical detail of the method and any publication are not documented
- Very common name: search results mix several unrelated people
Questions people ask about Aditya Kumar
What did Aditya Kumar win?
The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January 2022, shared with Aditya Joshi, and later the top prize at the EU Contest for Young Scientists.
What was the project about?
A new method for the Bernoulli quadrisection problem, using particle swarm optimisation.
What is particle swarm optimisation?
A computational technique in which many candidate solutions move through a search space and adjust towards the best result found, modelled on flocking behaviour.
How old was he?
15 at the time of the win. No date of birth appears in these sources.
Where did he go to school?
Synge Street CBS in Dublin.
Where is Aditya Kumar now?
Nothing after September 2022 is documented in the sources used here.
Is this the same Aditya Kumar as others online?
The name is very common. This page describes only the Synge Street student who won the 2022 exhibition with Aditya Joshi.
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Sources
- Young Scientist winners use a new method to solve an old maths problem — Silicon Republic, 2022-01-14
- Young Scientist winners take home top prize at EU competition — Silicon Republic, 2022-09-19
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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