ANOTHER Math Academy High Schooler Publishes a Research Paper!

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Shoutout to Zach Nash, my former student and a current Math Academy high schooler who just got a math research paper accepted for publication!

Funny enough, at the beginning of the 8th grade school year, Zach told me that he would not be doing any more math than was required to pass the class.

But by the end of the year, he had absolutely crushed the AP Calculus BC exam, and in the following two years as a Math Academy high school student he learned enough university-level math to be within striking distance of mathematical research.

During the summer after 10th grade he worked hard with his teacher Dylan Rupel, a PhD research mathematician, to obtain a research result which has recently been accepted for publication.

He will graduate high school this spring and plans to study math at Yale starting in the fall.

Follow-Up Questions

Q: Related to John?

A: Hah! No, no relation to John Nash. In fact based on Zach’s family, you wouldn’t have even predicted that he would go into math.

I remember meeting Zach’s parents back in 8th grade, and they reminded me of my own – not particularly mathy, not sure what to make of their son’s mathy-ness, but recognizing that it seemed like a good thing for him to seriously skill up in that way, even if they didn’t have enough personal experience to know where this kind of thing can lead.

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