Gert Mittring (born May 26, 1966 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

) is a German

mental calculator Human calculator is a term to describe a person with a prodigious ability in some area of mental calculation (such as adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing large numbers). The world's best mental calculators are invited every two ye ...

. He was inspired by the late Wim Klein. He has competed in the MSO mental calculation event every year since 2004, failing to win the gold medal outright on only four occasions.Mental calculations on Mind Sports Official website http://boardability.com/game.php?id=mental_calculations He has held numerous world records for mental calculation, such as calculating the 89247th root of a 1000000 digit number. He has doctorates in statistics and mathematics education, and is a member of the Intelligence Research Committee of

Intertel Intertel (previously the International Legion of Intelligence) is a high-IQ society founded in 1966, that is open to those who have scored at or above the 99th percentile (top 1%) on one of various standardized tests of intelligence. It has been ...

. Mittring is said to have been poor in math during his school years.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article395144.ece He has written several books on mental calculation.

References

* Bredenkamp, J., Klein, K.-M., von Hayn, S. & Vaterrodt, B. (1988). Gedächtnispsychologische Untersuchungen eines Rechenkünstlers. ''Sprache und Kognition, 7,'' S. 69–83

* Bredenkamp, J. (1990). ''Kognitionspsychologische Untersuchungen eines Rechenkünstlers''. In: H. Feger (Hg.): ''Wissenschaft und Verantwortung''. Hogrefe, Göttinge

* Bredenkamp, J. & Klein, K.-M. (1996). ''Strategien und Arbeitsgedächtnis eines Rechenkünstlers''

External links

Gert Mittring's official siteTV Total 2014Deutschlands Superhirn 2016World record root extraction 2015World record prime number extraction 2013MSO interview 2015
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