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by no-espam 5212 days ago
Professor Trachtenberg (early 1900) comes to mind for doing speed math.
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Wow, downvoted for posting info related to a professor who was held in nazi concentration camp and kept his mind lucid with math?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachtenberg_system

+1 for the Trachtenberg system. I only wish we were taught these methods at school, in addition to the 'normal' way...