Maximilian Sebastian Janisch (born August 8, 2003)[1] is a Swiss mathematician.
Janisch showed aptitude for mathematics at a very young age and was described as a child prodigy or Wunderkind. After passing his high school mathematics exams at the age of nine, at the age of twelve, Janisch became the youngest university student in France, and at the age of eighteen, the youngest doctoral student in Switzerland.[2][3][4]
Biography
Janisch is the son of the German professor emeritus of mathematics Thomas Drisch[5][6] and Monika Janisch,[7] who was awarded a doctorate degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.[8] Janisch skipped three years of elementary school after achieving an IQ score of 149+ in the WISC test.[1] Janisch was admitted to the high school Gymnasium Immensee at the age of eight, and at the age of nine he passed the Matura in mathematics with top marks.[9][10] After completing his Matura in mathematics, Janisch asked to attend the courses and exams of the mathematics study program at the ETH Zürich and was denied,[11][12] receiving significant coverage in Swiss media.[1][13]
Janisch was accepted by the French University of Perpignan in September 2015 as the youngest university student in France in the second year of studies, as it is required to have passed the complete Matura to start university in Switzerland, receiving international media coverage.[14][15][16][17][18]
When Janisch passed the full Swiss Matura in August 2018, he enrolled as a mathematics student at the University of Zurich.[19] Janisch has been a doctoral student at the University of Zurich since December 2021. His doctoral advisor is Ashkan Nikeghbali.[20]
^Gerhard Geosits; Hans-Fredo List; Nora Lohner (2004). EXTREME VALUE TECHNIQUES PART II: VALUE PROPOSITION FOR FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES. pp. 270 (bzw. S. 2 im PDF). S2CID208653112.
^Communiqué de presse de l’UPVD. Un jeune prodigé de 12 ans intègre l’Université de Perpignan. Service de communication de l’Université de Perpignan, Septembre 22, 2015.
^Julien Marlou: Un jeune prodige de 12 ans intègre l’université.L’indépendant of September 26, 2015.
^Marc-Olivier Fogiel: Maximilian Janisch: 12 ans et déjà en 2e année de licence. RTL-TV, October 13, 2015.
