Project Euler Q56 - LO Man Hei

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    "### Q56\n",
    "Considering natural numbers of the form, \\( a^b \\), where \\(a, b < 100\\), what is the maximum digital sum?"
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    "def max_digit_sum(max_a, max_b):\n",
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    "%%time\n",
    "max_digit_sum(100,100)"
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