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Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-off dept.

keyshawn632 writes "The Associated Press reports that Gert Mittring, 38, needed only 11.8 seconds to calculate the 13th root of a 100-digit number in his head at a math museum in Giessen, a small town, located in western Germany. It's worth noting though that his feat will not be recognized by The Guinness Book Of World Records because of the difficulty of standardizing such mathematical challenges."

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  1. Re:ahh by Dirtside · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Request to moderators: Mod down anyone who says "I know I'll be modded down for this."
    No... then they'll just demand to be modded up because they're psychic.
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