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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. record by Coneasfast · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He does hold the world record for memorizing 22 random digits in just four seconds

    another incredible feat! that's impressive, this guy is a superhuman. seriously, it would take me a good 15 minutes (maybe more) to memorize 22 random digits.

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  2. Bounds by Shishberg · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Can someone confirm this maths... it seems that the 13th root of a hundred-digit number must be between 41246264 and 49238826 - a range of about 8 million. So it's actually narrowed down for him.

    A bit.

    By some definition of "narrowed down".

    Okay, he's still a freak.

  3. Imagine by snnmnd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowolf cluster of this guy!