Can You Solve This 1882 Cambridge Challenge?

This math puzzle stumped Cambridge students in 1882! Think you’re smarter than a 19th-century scholar? Watch till the end and try to solve it yourself! #BrainTeaser #CambridgeChallenge #MathPuzzle #VintageIQTest #SmartTest

2025/5/25 Edited to

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Very interesting integral, foundational to many computations in analysis. I like the polar coordinates proof.

Fun fact: Gauss’s body rests in Göttingen, Germany¡