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    Mental calculation consists of arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices...
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  • business application of calculation List of algorithms — fully formalized, computer-executable methods of calculation Mental calculation — performing arithmetics...
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  • The Mental Calculation World Cup (German: Weltmeisterschaften im Kopfrechnen, or World Championship in Mental Calculation) is an international competition...
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    A mental calculator or human calculator is a person with a prodigious ability in some area of mental calculation (such as adding, subtracting, multiplying...
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    Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash (category Mental calculators)
    "Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is to math (mental calculation) what Usain Bolt is to running". He won gold in the 2020 Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports...
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    Abacus (redirect from Abacus Calculation)
    capacity for mental calculation. Abacus-based mental calculation (AMC), which was derived from the abacus, is the act of performing calculations, including...
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  • The abacus system of mental calculation is a system where users mentally visualize an abacus to carry out arithmetical calculations. No physical abacus...
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    abacus mental calculation and the visuospatial working memory.  This activation serves a mediation effect on the correlation between abacus-based mental calculation...
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  • Trachtenberg system (category Mental calculation)
    The Trachtenberg system is a system of rapid mental calculation. The system consists of a number of readily memorized operations that allow one to perform...
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  • in 1969) is a British mental calculator. He won the first Mental Calculation World Cup in 2004 and the second Mental Calculation World Cup in 2006. In...
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  • power. The methods may be roughly classified as those suitable for mental calculation, those usually requiring at least paper and pencil, and those which...
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  • Jakow Trachtenberg (category Mental calculators)
    June 1888 – 26 October 1951) was a mathematician who developed the mental calculation techniques called the Trachtenberg system. He was born in Odessa,...
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  • Rule of 72 (category Mental calculation)
    functions to find the accurate doubling time, the rules are useful for mental calculations and when only a basic calculator is available. These rules apply...
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  • Mind sport (redirect from Mental-skill game)
    term also includes mental calculation or memory disciplines as presented in International competitions such as the Mental Calculation World Cup (held bi-annually...
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    Amit Garg (category Mental calculators)
    Operations Research and Data Science. On 15 March 2012, he broke the mental calculation world record of completing ten tasks to "divide a 10-digit number...
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  • Technology Bombay wrote that despite the dubious historigraphy, some of the calculation methods it describes are themselves interesting, a product of the author's...
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    Gregorian calendar moves in cycles of 400 years. The algorithm for mental calculation was devised by John Conway in 1973, drawing inspiration from Lewis...
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  • championships in Traditional card games and tile-based games. Competitions using mental tests. Competitions in abstract strategy games and other modern board games...
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  • Extracting the 13th root of a number is a famous category for the mental calculation world records. The challenge consists of being given a large number...
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    New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465054725. Mental calculators Mental calculations Mental Calculation World Cup Mathematics Faculty at HMC, archived...
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    Organisation International Association of Memory Mental Calculation World Cup Mental calculation Mental abacus WorldSkills Memoride Asian Memory Championship...
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    Scott Flansburg (category Mental calculators)
    Calculator" and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for speed of mental calculation. He is the annual host and ambassador for The National Counting Bee...
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    science. (Note: Several mathematicians were mental calculators when they were still children. Mental calculation is not to be confused with mathematics. This...
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    Gert Mittring (category Mental calculators)
    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...
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  • Manakanakku (transl. Mental calculation) is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. C. Sakthi, starring Vijayakanth, Sarath Babu, Rajesh, Ambika...
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  • Lane (born 1964) is a British mental calculator and author. He is a five-time gold medalist in the Mental Calculations event at the annual Mind Sports...
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    Besides memory sports he is famous for his mental calculation skills and took part in the Mental Calculation World Cup in 2004, 2006 and 2010. He has also...
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  • on Ayurveda Bharati Krishna Tirtha's Vedic mathematics, system of mental calculation Vedic University (disambiguation) Vedic square, multiplication table...
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    However, using a separate RBI and compass, this requires considerable mental calculation to determine the appropriate relative bearing. To simplify this task...
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    as a measure of the leader's racing advantage. Players often use mental calculation techniques to determine pip counts in live play. Backgammon is played...
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