Yup there sure is ... Mostly there is a solution ... all we need is to search ... and if we don't find any ... the problem will surely teach us the solution ... and it wont happen again most of the times. Problem is merely a judgment about a situation. When we stop seeing life as being problems, solutions become unnecessary. Really there are no problems , its something us humans invented.
I HAVE to have a solution to every problem. It may not be the best solution, and it may just be a stop gap until I find a better solution, but I never leave problems to fester.
The concept of "engineer" is a problem solver. An electrical engineer solves problems using electricity, a mechanical engineer solves problems using mechanical stuff. I'm very much an engineer at heart, but I don't specialize in any one tool.
But in mathematic for centuries mathematicians attempted to write every number in existance as the ratio of two integers. It was assumed that this could be accomplished for any number.. until it was discovered that the diagonal of a unit square, and circumference of a unit circle were proving to be quite troublesome. Years later it was eventually proved that this problem was indeed unsolvable.
There were several other 'famous' unsolvable problems in mathematics (namely in geometric constructions): quadrature of the circle, trisection of an angle, duplication of the cube.
So, in mathematics (at least) there are unsolvable problems. I would surmise this extends to other disciplines as well.
Answered by
ashwin shah
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1:43 PM on May 11, 2008