from math import log10 def recursive_loss(n): if(n == 1): return 1 else: return 2**(n - 1) + recursive_loss(n - 1) if( __name__ == "__main__"): print("On an 8x8 board you loose:", recursive_loss(8*8)) print("that is a number with " , int(log10(recursive_loss(8*8) / 100)) , "zeros (in Euros)")