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]
^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
^"Gert Mittring – The Mathematics Genealogy Project". The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
^"Intertel – Contact". www.intertel-iq.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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