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. He has competed in the MSO mental calculation event every year since 2004, failing to win the gold medal outright on only four occasions. 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. Mittring is said to have been poor in mathematics during his school years. 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. Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Bredenkamp, J. (1990). Kognitionspsychologische Untersuchungen eines Rechenkünstlers. In: H. Feger (Hg.): Wissenschaft und Verantwortung. Hogrefe, Göttingen
• Bredenkamp, J. & Klein, K.-M. (1996). Strategien und Arbeitsgedächtnis eines Rechenkünstlers.

External links

• 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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