The first mathematician: Frodo The second mathematician: Saruman Frodo has $x$ and Saruman has $y$. Frodo thinks that Saruman has either $6^{12/x}$ or $6^{12}/x$. Saruman thinks that Frodo has $6^{12/y}$ or $6^{12}/y$. I derived an answer based on that but I'm not sure if it's correct. The answer is: >! The first one has $6^6$ and >! the second one has $6^6$