Robert Fontaine is a British phenomenal counter . In 1999, he was recognized as the first grandmaster of oral accounts . Fontaine took first place in the overall ranking at world championships in computing in the mind in 2004 and 2006 and fourth place in 2008 [1] [2] .
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Biography
Robert Fontaine became interested in mathematics as a hobby at the age of 11, after watching Willem Klein’s television appearance [3] .
At the first world mind computing championship held in Annaberg-Buchholz ( Germany ) on October 30, 2004, Fontaine took the first place in the overall ranking [4] [5] .
In the second championship, which took place on November 4, 2006 in Giessen (Germany), Fontaine won in the category of extracting the square root of a 6-digit number, 10 tasks in 15 minutes. In the category of adding 10-digit numbers, he took second place. In the overall ranking, Fontaine took first place [6] [7] .
In the third championship, held in Leipzig (Germany) on July 1, 2008, Fontaine took third place in the category of extracting the square root of a 6-digit number. In the overall standings, he took fourth place [8] .
Together with Ian van Koningsveld, Fontaine is a co-author of The Mental Calculator's Handbook [9] .
See also
- Verbal counting
- Phenomenal counter
Notes
- ↑ Handelsblatt, November 1, 2004 (German)
- ↑ Der Tagesspiegel, 4/11/2006 (German)
- ↑ Symmetry Magazine, December 2012
- ↑ Mental Calculation World Cup 2004 . (eng.)
- ↑ Mental Calculation World Cup 2004 . (eng.)
- ↑ 2nd Mental Calculation World Cup 2006 . (eng.)
- ↑ 2nd Mental Calculation World Cup 2006 . (eng.)
- ↑ Mental Calculation World Cup 2008 . (eng.)
- ↑ Robert Fountain, Jan van Koningsveld . The Mental Calculator's Handbook. - 2013. - ISBN 978-1-300-84665-9 .
Links
- Spiegel TV 2004
- Deutschlands Superhirn 2016
- China Super Brain 2016
- Der Weltmeister der Zahlen (German) . Spiegel (4. November 2006). Date of appeal October 25, 2018.
- Robert Fountain Weltmeister im Kopfrechnen (German) . Der Telegspiegel (4. November 2006). Date of appeal October 25, 2018.
- Memory and Mental Calculation World Records . Date of appeal October 26, 2018.
- Spanien schlägt Deutschland erneut (German) . Spiegel. Date of appeal October 26, 2018.
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