2007-10-12 19:15:03 · 3 answers · asked by i am Antonio D. enecillo Jr. ton 1 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
Shakuntala Devi is a calculating prodigy who was born on November 4, 1939 in Bangalore, India. . By the age six she demonstrated her calculation and memorization abilities at the University of Mysore. At the age of eight she had success at Annamalai University by doing the same.
Unlike many other calculating prodigies, her abilities did not wane in adulthood. In 1977 she extracted the 23rd root of a 201-digit number mentally. On June 18, 1980 she demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 picked at random by the Computer Department of Imperial College, London. She answered the question in 28 seconds. However, this time is more likely the time for dictating the answer (a 26-digit number) than the time for the mental calculation(the time of 5 minutes was quoted on her own website). Her correct answer was 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730. This event is mentioned on page 26 of the 1995 Guinness Book of Records ISBN 0-553-56942-2.
In 2006 she has released a new book called In the Wonderland of Numbers with Orient Paperbacks which talks about a girl Neha and her fascination for numbers.
2007-10-12 23:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakuntala Devi is generally known as a 'Human Computer' because of her extraordinary talents in solving complex mathematical problems without any mechanical aid. She also found her place in the Guinness book of records as a result of her extraordinary talents. Nowadays, apart from solving mathematical problems, she is utilising her amazing talent in the field of astrology.
She was born in 1939 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Manifested with an extraordinary love for numbers at the age of 3, she became an expert in complex mental arithmetic at the age of five. On 18 June 1980, Shakuntala Devi gave the product of two, thirteen digit figures after multiplying them within 28 seconds. Many countries have invited Shakuntala Devi to demonstrate her extraordinary talent. Today, she is acclaimed as an accomplished mathematician.
2007-10-13 02:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by jo_mob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the Indian Matrumutrthi.......
2007-10-17 01:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by buddy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋