How did Super Brain Leo Chou do it?

Is Super Brain Leo Chou the legendary "idiot genius"?

In the program, in the face of "brain-dead and determined" Leo Chou, the judges not only lamented his superhuman brain power, but also cared about the unfortunate fate of Chinese Rain Man. Netizen Momo said that "Super Brain" is not so touching if it is only the popularization of scientific knowledge. In such programs, I am moved by more and more humanistic care. Besides Leo Chou, Super Brain has also welcomed another heavyweight guest-Zhang Ziyi these days.

How difficult is the problem he solved?

A moderately mentally retarded player, whose IQ is only 40-50 after the Wechsler IQ test, can get the correct answer in just one minute when facing an abnormal problem of 16 digits 14 power. This "unthinkable" topic not only stumped the general audience, but even Professor Xu, who gave the title, handed in a blank sheet of paper in a short program time. Professor Xu, who solved the problem at the same time in the program, said: "I study algorithms and know how to design advanced algorithms to calculate." This question should be difficult for Teacher Zhou. " As a result, Zhou Wei handed in the correct answer in the lightning speed, and the professor handed in a "blank test paper". After the program, Professor Xu used polynomial expansion formula to estimate on the draft paper, and finally got the correct answer, which took 20 times. Another authoritative professor of series in Nanjing told reporters: "Students who have studied too much may not be able to calculate this kind of problem. If you want to solve the problem, you must first think of a good way. This kind of person is really one in a million. " The teacher said it would take him half an hour to solve Leo Chou's last problem. If he had paper and pen, mental arithmetic would be impossible.

Is he a real genius?

In the movie Rain Man, the Rain Man played by dustin hoffman is also a mathematical wizard. He can remember names and numbers by looking through the phone book, and the root number arithmetic can be worked out directly in his mind, but he can't express himself because of autism. The scientific community has a specific title for such people as "Rain Man", which is called "idiot genius". Like "Rain Man", Leo Chou can master difficult math problems by mental arithmetic only by playing with a calculator, and he is not fluent because of the language barrier. Maybe Leo Chou is also a rare "idiot genius" in the world?

In fact, Leo Chou's arithmetic ability is not only the kind shown in the program, but also he can deduce the arithmetic progression himself, and give accurate answers to the higher power operation of natural numbers, the multiplication of two digits, three digits and four digits, and the decimal part of cyclic decimals. Zhou Wei has a book full of mathematical calculations, but he never drafts to write the calculation process. He just does mental arithmetic for a while and then writes the answer directly with a pen. Wang Xiulin, a senior high school math teacher in Wutai County, once declared the Guinness World Record for Leo Chou's quick calculation ability, but the information was faxed, and people said there was no such project. After the broadcast of Super Brain, Leo Chou's "super power" also attracted the attention of math experts. A professor of mathematics told reporters, "If Zhou Wei really worked out the answer through mental arithmetic, it can only show that the brain is born special, because it is impossible in theory."

Does his brain have a "genius zone"?

Leo Chou once made Wexler Adult Intelligence Scale, with a comprehensive score of 45, which belongs to moderate mental retardation. "Speech IQ 49, operation IQ 46, moderate mental retardation" is the conclusion given by previous experts. However, Dr. Wei, the scientific referee, asserted that he was not mentally retarded, but a real genius. "Such a shocking mental arithmetic ability actually includes memory, computing power, spatial imagination and so on. Leo Chou is a good combination of this. I don't know to what extent cognitive science can explain his' super power'. " Dr. Wei believes that our mental arithmetic ability may be due to the special activation of the prefrontal and parietal brain regions. "The connection of his brain may be different from that of ordinary people." .

Experts speculate that Leo Chou may have converted the numbers into another pattern in the operation process and used another rule in the primary processing, thus greatly improving the operation speed. However, due to Leo Chou's poor understanding and expression ability, it is still impossible to know what kind of quick calculation rules he used, but the program group will take Leo Chou to Beijing for a professional test in the near future.