Viktor Bunyakovsky

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Viktor Bunyakovsky was a famous Russian mathematician. He was also known as a member and vice president of the Petersburg academy of sciences.

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In 1828, Bunyakovsky came up with a review for the types of abacus, developed by the mathematician general Svobodsky.  

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Bunyakovsky’s automated abacus consists of the following:

– A meta circle, rotating around its axis freely with three fixed teeth. – Rods mounted with spherical handles and held together with digits ()).

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The tens mechanism of Bunyakovsky’s automated abacus consisted of:

– Three teeth fitted with a metal circle that rotated on its axis. It carried up to ten disks. – Digital disks for hundreds and tens.

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As time went by, Bunyakovsky started to use his automated abacus for scientific calculations.

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What Did Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky Invent?

The mathematician patentedthe Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality, one of the most widely used inequalities in mathematics.

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