Gert Mittring
Gert Mittring (born 26 May 1966[1] in Stuttgart)[citation needed] is a German mental calculator. He was inspired by the late Wim Klein.[2] He has competed in the MSO mental calculation event every year since 2004, failing to win the gold medal outright on only four occasions.[3] He has held numerous world records for mental calculation, such as calculating the 89247th root of a 1000000 digit number.[4] He has doctorates in statistics and mathematics education, and is a member of the Intelligence Research Committee of Intertel.[5][6] Mittring is said to have been poor in mathematics during his school years.[7] He has written several books on mental calculation.[8][9]
References
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- ^ Symmetry Magazine, December 2012
- ^ Mental calculations on Mind Sports Official website http://boardability.com/game.php?id=mental_calculations Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tages-Anzeiger, 5 May 2016
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- Bredenkamp, J., Klein, K.-M., von Hayn, S. & Vaterrodt, B. (1988). Gedächtnispsychologische Untersuchungen eines Rechenkünstlers. Sprache und Kognition, 7, S. 69–83. [1] Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Bredenkamp, J. (1990). Kognitionspsychologische Untersuchungen eines Rechenkünstlers. In: H. Feger (Hg.): Wissenschaft und Verantwortung. Hogrefe, Göttingen [2]
- Bredenkamp, J. & Klein, K.-M. (1996). Strategien und Arbeitsgedächtnis eines Rechenkünstlers. [3]
External links
[edit | edit source]- Gert Mittring's official site
- TV Total 2014
- Deutschlands Superhirn 2016
- World record root extraction 2015
- World record prime number extraction 2013
- MSO interview 2015
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