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Maths genius amazes TV viewers

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Song Ki-moon from tvN's “Smart is New Sexy” / Screen capture from tvN webpage

A computer game developer amazed TV viewers with his genius-like skill at solving mathematical problems, even confounding the show’s producers.

On tvN’s talk show “Smart is New Sexy” on Sunday

, Song Ki-moon attended as a long-time friend of regular guest Lee Jang-won from two-member rock band Peppertones.

Song solved a series of mathematical and science problems faster than six other guests.

According to the program, Song is a graduate of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), a winner of International Olympiad in Informatics in 1999, and won medals in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest from 2000 to 2004.