Jakow Trachtenberg
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Jakow Trachtenberg (17 June 1888 – 26 October 1951) was a mathematician who developed the mental calculation techniques called the Trachtenberg system.
He was born in
Mining Engineering Institute in St. Petersburg and later worked as an engineer in the Obukhov arms factory. While still in his early twenties, he became Chief Engineer with 11,000 men under his supervision. The Tsarist government gave him the responsibility of supervising the formation of a well-developed navy
.
Trachtenberg was a dedicated
Nicholas II
. He was against violence of any sort despite having a leading position in tsarist arms production.
After the
concentration camp during World War II. He developed his system of mental arithmetic during his imprisonment. He later fled to Switzerland. He died in 1951[citation needed
]
See also
References
- Jakow Trachtenberg, adapted by Ann Cutler and Rudolph McShane (1965). The Speed System of Basic Mathematics. London: Pan Books Ltd.