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Gert Mittring

Gert Mittring (born 26 May 1966 in Stuttgart)[citation needed] is a German mental calculator. He was inspired by the late Wim Klein.[1] He has competed in the MSO mental calculation event every year since 2004, failing to win the gold medal outright on only four occasions.[2] He has held numerous world records for mental calculation, such as calculating the 89247th root of a 1000000 digit number.[3] He has doctorates in statistics and mathematics education, and is a member of the Intelligence Research Committee of Intertel.[4][5] Mittring is said to have been poor in math during his school years.[6] He has written several books on mental calculation.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Symmetry Magazine, December 2012
  2. ^ Mental calculations on Mind Sports Official website http://boardability.com/game.php?id=mental_calculations Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Tages-Anzeiger, 5 May 2016
  4. ^ "Gert Mittring – The Mathematics Genealogy Project". The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  5. ^ "Intertel – Contact". www.intertel-iq.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article395144.ece [dead link‍]
  7. ^ Mittring, Gert (2013). Fit im Kopf mit Rechenweltmeister Dr. Dr. Mittring. ISBN 978-3-596-18936-6.
  8. ^ Mittring, Gert (2012). Rechnen mit dem Weltmeister. ISBN 978-3-596-18989-2.
  • Bredenkamp, J., Klein, K.-M., von Hayn, S. & Vaterrodt, B. (1988). Gedächtnispsychologische Untersuchungen eines Rechenkünstlers. Sprache und Kognition, 7, S. 69–83. [1]
  • 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]


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