One Aspect About These Math Prodigies - They Were Presented To Be Calculation Prodigies, As Well
I wonder about that. Do you need to know a particular number, off the top of your head, that is the highest that can be expressed in two versions of the sum of two cubes, in order to approach the level of mathematical competence of the Cambridge Fellows ?
Do you need to be able to express the root or the square of a large number in the blink of any eye ?
If so, there is some truly scary synaptic stuff going on in these sorts of peoples' brains.