Gert Mittring

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Gert Mittring

Gert Mittring (born May 26, 1966 in Stuttgart ) is a German arithmetic artist . He broke several world records in mental arithmetic , for which he received entries in the Guinness Book of Records .

Life and work

Mittring already stood out as a child with his mathematical talent . He passed his Abitur with a grade of 3.7. Gert Mittring is a computer scientist, doctor of education and doctor of psychology. Mittring works as a freelance scientist in highly gifted diagnostics - formerly together with Ida Fleiß (1935–2010) - as well as in psychological test theory and test development. As an algorithm developer and talent researcher with a particular interest in brain research , he has made numerous appearances on German television. Mittring is often a guest in programs on RTL with Günther Jauch , whose production company I & U he advises on mathematical questions and on the subject of giftedness. Mittring is the author of six publications.

In recognition of his commitment, Mittring was appointed Mathematics Ambassador by the then Federal Minister of Education, Annette Schavan . Mittring held this position in the Year of Mathematics 2008. Mittring is also the Mathematics Ambassador of the Rechnen Foundation. As such, he directed the world's first mental arithmetic world championship for schoolchildren in Nuremberg in 2008 under Schavan's patronage. In 2009 the grandmaster headed the first German mental arithmetic championship in Cologne. In 2011 he headed both the second World Mental Arithmetic Championship for schoolchildren in Nuremberg and the second German Mental Arithmetic Championship in Münster. In April 2012 Mittring organized the mental arithmetic Easter workshop “number magician” in Münster, which was followed in October 2012 by the third mental arithmetic world championship for schoolchildren.

Mittring is a member of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA) and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC), as well as numerous other working groups that deal with gifted research and talent development. He is also the national trainer of the “KIT-Club e. V. “for mathematics / arithmetic / mental arithmetic and board member of Intertel .

Titles and records

At the Psychological Institute of the University of Bonn , Jürgen Bredenkamp and his team investigated and documented Mittring's first world record of extracting the 13th root from a hundred-digit number in 13.3 seconds in the head and without aids as part of a research project. He also managed to pull the 137th root out of a thousand-digit number in his head. He can tell within a few seconds on which day of the week a certain date falls.

Mittring won the gold medal in mental arithmetic nine times in a row (2004–2012) at the Mind Sports Olympiad and was awarded the title of grand master in mental arithmetic. In 2013 he took second place. In 2014 and 2015 he secured the title again and also won gold both times in the Mental Calculation Blitz competition .

At the 2nd mental arithmetic world championship in Gießen in 2006 he took third place.

On May 4, 2016, under the supervision of Andreas Steiger, lecturer at ETH Zurich, he broke the world record in root extraction. In his head, Mittring calculated the 89247th root of a million-digit number within 6 minutes and 1.4 seconds. The result: 160,289,883,449. Andreas Steiger then stated: "That is the greatest achievement anyone has ever done in pulling roots in their heads."

Fonts

  • Literature by and about Gert Mittring in the catalog of the German National Library
  • What goes on in us when we calculate? Tectum-Verlag, Marburg 2001, ISBN 3-8288-8213-7
  • In: Ida Fleiß: gifted and gifted. With reports from those affected. Tectum-Verlag, Marburg 2003, pp. 63 ff., 168 ff. ISBN 3-8288-8452-0
  • Scale, mathematics secondary school, 9th grade , edited by Max Schröder, Bernd Wurl and Alexander Wynands. Schroedel Verlag, Hannover 2000, p. 15. ISBN 3-507-84205-X
  • Ida Fleiß and Gert Mittring: number fairy tales. Wagner Verlag, Gelnhausen 2007.
  • Gert Mittring: Calculating with the world champion. Math and memory training for everyday life. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2011. ISBN 978-3-596-18989-2
  • Gert Mittring: From Pi to Pisa. Understand the whole world with numbers . Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2015. ISBN 978-3-596-03162-7

literature

  • Jürgen Bredenkamp: Cognitive psychological studies of an arithmetic artist . In: H. Feger (ed.): Science and responsibility . Hogrefe, Göttingen 1990 [1]
  • Jürgen Bredenkamp, ​​K.-M. Klein, S. von Hayn, B. Vaterrodt: Memory psychological investigations of an arithmetic artist . In: Sprache und Kognition, 7/1988, pp. 69–83. [2]
  • Jürgen Bredenkamp, ​​K.-M. Klein: Strategies and working memory of a mathematician . 1996. ( PDF )
  • SB Smith: The Great Mental Calculators . Columbia University Press, New York 1983
  • Sebastian Lehmann: Gert Mittring on numbers . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung from 12./13. February 2005, p. VIII (full-page interview in the weekend supplement of the SZ)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eckart Klaus Roloff : It depends on recognition. Gert Mittring - the world record holder in mental arithmetic explains what parents of extremely talented children should and should not do . In: Rheinischer Merkur, April 15, 2004, p. 10.
  2. ↑ Mental arithmetic world champion sets a new record . Bonner General-Anzeiger. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Mittring, device
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German arithmetic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart