Arithmetic artist

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Mathematical geniuses , even computing genius , rapid or flash computer called people who also difficult calculations in the head unusually quick count can.

In the 19th century arithmetic artists were international stage stars.

Fast mental arithmetic has no relation to mathematical intelligence or creativity. Very few great mathematicians were also good high- speed calculators - the New Zealander Alexander Aitken was an exception.

Well-known mathematicians

International competitions

Think Sports Olympics

Since 1997, the Thinking Sport Organization has organized the main event of the Thinking Sport Olympiad in Great Britain every year with disciplines in various board, strategy or card games as well as brain sports, including mental arithmetic.

World championship in mental arithmetic

The world championship in mental arithmetic, founded in 2004 by the German computer scientist Ralf Laue, takes place every two years with the categories already listed in the Guinness Book of Records : multiplying two eight-digit numbers, adding ten ten-digit numbers, extracting the square root of a six-digit one Number to eight digits and the calculation of the day of the week from randomly selected dates from the years 1600 to 2100 (calendar calculation ).

Under the direction of Gert Mittring, the mental arithmetic world championships for children and young people initiated by Caroline Merkel took place every two years between 2008 and 2012, the German mental arithmetic championships between 2009 and 2012 and a European mental arithmetic championship in 2014. The mental arithmetic world championships for juniors have been organized and directed annually since 2013 by Caroline Merkel and the multiple mental arithmetic world champion Jan van Koningsveld .

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literature

General

  • Robert Fountain; Jan van Koningsveld: The Mental Calculator's Handbook. 2013, chap. 8 (Heroes and Vaudevillians), pp. 429-484. ISBN 978-1-300-84665-9 .
  • EW Scripture: Arithmetical Prodigies. In: American Journal of Psychology 4 (1891), No. 1, pp. 1-59.
  • Steven Bradley Smith: The great mental calculators: The psychology, methods, and lives of calculating prodigies, past and present. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. ISBN 0-231-05641-9 .

Biographical

  • A short account of George Bidder, the celebrated mental calculator; with a variety of the most difficult questions, proposed to him at the prinicpal Towns in the Kingdom, and his surprising rapid answers! With extracts from various newspapers on the subject. [= A short report on George Bidder, the famous mental calculator, including a multitude of extremely difficult questions that were asked him in the largest cities of the kingdom, and his astonishingly quick answers. With excerpts from various newspapers on the matter.] Exeter: Pollard, 4 1820.
  • EF Clark: George Parker Bidder. The Calculating Boy. Bedford: KSL Publications, 1983. ISBN 978-0-950-85430-4 .
  • Zerah Colburn: A memoir of Zerah Colburn; written by himself. Containing an account of the first discovery of his remarkable powers; his travels in America and residence in Europe; a history of the various plans devised for his patronage; his return to this country, and the causes which led him to his present profession; with his peculiar methods of calculation. [= A self-written life story of Zerah Colburn. Containing an account of the first discovery of his remarkable skills, his travels in America and his stay in Europe, a history of the various plans to support him, his return to the United States, and the reasons which led him to his current profession. With his special calculation methods.] Springfield: Marriam, 1833.
  • Zacharias Dase: Insights and samples of his achievements as an arithmetic artist. Communicated by himself from his album . Berlin: self-published, 1856.
  • [Thomas Fuller]. Account of a wonderful talent for arithmetical calculation, in an African slave, living in Virginia. In: The American Museum: Or, Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, etc. Prose and Poetical , Vol. 5 (1789), pp. 62-63.
  • WD Henkle: A sketch of the life of Daniel McCartney, the man with a remarkable memory. Columbus: Ohio State Journal Job Rooms, 1871.
  • Karen R. Lewis; Howard Plotkin: Truman Henry Safford, the Remarkable “Lightning Calculator”. In: Harvard Magazine, 85 , pp. 54-56 (1982).
  • Some account of George Bidder, the Devonshire calculating phenomenon. With a portrait taken from life. In: Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine of Remarkable Characters. Including all the Curiosities of Nature and Art, from the remotest period to the present time, drawn from every authentic source. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-four engravings. Chiefly taken from rare and curious prints or original drawings. Vol. 6. London: RS Kirby, 1820, pp. 1-12.
  • Some of the Questions proposed to George Bidder, the Devonshire Boy. In: The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts. Vol. 7. London: John Murray, 1819, No. XIV (July), Art. XVII, pp. 346-349.
  • Truman Henry Safford. In: Science 14 (1901), No. 340, pp. 22-24.
  • James D. Weinlad; WS Hose: An examination of the computing ability of Mr. Salo Finkelstein. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology 21 (1937), pp. 382-402.

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