Gert Mittring Explained

Gert Mittring (born 26 May 1966[1] in Stuttgart) 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 math during his school years.[7] He has written several books on mental calculation.[8] [9]

References

  1. Web site: Zur Person / Gert Mittring . 2024-08-14 . www.gertmittring.de.
  2. http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/december-2012/%E2%80%98human-calculator%E2%80%99-wim-klein-advanced-physics-inspired-others Symmetry Magazine, December 2012
  3. Mental calculations on Mind Sports Official website http://boardability.com/game.php?id=mental_calculations
  4. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/mathegenie-bricht-weltrekord-im-wurzelziehen/story/29677860 Tages-Anzeiger, 5 May 2016
  5. Web site: Gert Mittring – The Mathematics Genealogy Project. The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  6. Web site: Intertel – Contact. 14 March 2021. www.intertel-iq.org.
  7. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article395144.ece
  8. Book: Mittring, Gert . 978-3-596-18936-6 . Fit im Kopf mit Rechenweltmeister Dr. Dr. Mittring . 2013 .
  9. Book: Mittring , Gert . 978-3-596-18989-2 . Rechnen mit dem Weltmeister . 2012.

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