Uresh is one of the University students who attended Elodin's lessons with Kvothe. He is an El'the from Lenatt and a great mathematician. According to Kvothe, Uresh's calculations far outweigh his. In the 15th chapter, "Interesting Fact", Elodin had a new activity for their classes. At the beginning of each class he asked his students to be told something interesting that he had never heard. When it was time for Uresh, he related the following: