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Jakow Trachtenberg

1888 - 1951

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Jakow Trachtenberg (17 June 1888 – 26 October 1951) was a Russian mathematician who developed the mental calculation techniques called the Trachtenberg system. He was born in Odessa, in the Russian Empire (today Ukraine) to Jewish parents. He graduated with highest honors from the Mining Engineering Institute in St. Petersburg and later worked as an engineer in the Obukhov arms factory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakow Trachtenberg is the 417th most popular mathematician (down from 303rd in 2019). (down from 1,260th in 2019)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jakow Trachtenberg ranks 417 out of 1,004. Before him are Gilles de Roberval, Ernesto Cesàro, Oscar Zariski, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, and Roger Cotes. After him are Daniele Barbaro, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Guido Fubini, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and Ignazio Danti.

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Among people born in 1888, Jakow Trachtenberg ranks 102. Before him are Victor Goldschmidt, Paul Ramadier, Léon Scieur, Richard Kohn, Roberto Assagioli, and Du Yuesheng. After him are Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Herms Niel, Francesco Baracca, Royal Rife, Grigori Sokolnikov, and S. S. Van Dine. Among people deceased in 1951, Jakow Trachtenberg ranks 69. Before him are Henrietta Lacks, Wols, Tadeusz Borowski, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Algernon Blackwood, and Du Yuesheng. After him are Liaquat Ali Khan, Maria Montez, Lincoln Ellsworth, Eugen Meindl, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, and Fritz Busch.

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