How to calculate the 13th root of a 200 digit number in your head.
Posted in Mathematics on December 12th, 2007 No Comments »
What? You think I know how? Uh, I don’t think so. But check out this guy: The world’s fastest human calculator broke his own record by using nothing but brain power.
How long did it take him? 70 seconds
Alexis Lemaire, a 27-year-old Frenchman, correctly calculated the 13th root of a random 200-digit number from a [...]