IYPT 1988, Задачи на турнира — Задача 9. Ninth wave
Problems for the 1st International Young Physicists’ Tournament
Critical edition
Olympiets Youth Center, Moscow, Soviet Union; March 28–April 2, 1988 [1]
Critical edition: translated, restored, and commented text [2]
FINAL DRAFT. — Please do not re-publish. Suggestions and criticism welcome
Translated, edited, and commented by Ilya Martchenko. The original edition’s historical notes, sources and acknowledgments are retained with problem 1.
Епиграф
The sciences nourish young people,
Give consolation to the old,
They decorate a happy life,
And they protect one in misfortune...
M. V. Lomonosov [3]
Условие
“Before me are the waves of the sea.
There are so many. They are countless.”
B. Pasternak [6]
Does the “Ninth wave” phenomenon exist? Clarify this question. As a starting point, you can use the ideas from the article “Troika, semyorka, tuz...” (Znanie ― sila, 1987, No. 1, pp. 97―104.) [7]
Note [6]
Translated from the Russian by Anesa Miller-Pogacar (Mikhail N. Epstein. After the Future: The Paradoxes of Postmodernism and Contemporary Russian Culture. Translated by Anesa Miller-Pogacar. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1995, p. 23.) Original version: «Передо мною волны моря. Их много. Им немыслим счёт.» («Волны», 1931 // Борис Пастернак. Второе рождение: стихи. — М.: «Федерация», 1932)
Note [7]
There are actually two articles concerning the Ninth Wave phenomenon in the January 1987 issue of Soviet popular science journal Znanie ― sila. They are “Troika, semyorka, tuz...” («Тройка, семёрка, туз…», Three, Seven, Ace…) by G. Rozenberg (pp. 97—102) and “Opyat troika...” («Опять тройка …», Three again…) by S. Meien (pp. 102—103, sic!) which is a critical response to the G. Rozenberg’s communication. The page numbers are not corrected here for historical authenticity
Решение
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