Did you know that the first known “human computer” was
a woman?
Who said about
men being superior in Math than women? According to The Guinness Book of World
Records 1982 edition, the first human computer known in the world is a woman in
the person of Shakuntala Devi. She is an Indian writer and a mental calculator.
In 1980, she showed her prowess in Math by mentally calculating the answer to
the multiplication of two 13 digit numbers in a whopping 28 seconds which
landed her a spot in the book of world records.
Did you know that the longest-standing Math problem
stand for 365 years?
A Russian
Mathematician, Christian Goldbach, posed a conjecture that left no one to prove
or disapprove it. His conjecture states that every even positive integer
greater than three is the sum of two primes. This earned his spot in the world
records.
Did you know that Nigeria holds the largest Math
class?
The National
Mathematical Center in Nigeria currently holds the largest Math class. It
involved 2,381 participants.
Did you know that the largest number cannot be written
down even if all the material in the universe will be turned to pen and ink?
Graham’s number,
from Ronald Graham, is today’s largest number. According to The Guinness Book
of World Records, even if all the materials in the universe were turned into
pen and ink, it still cannot be written down.
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