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2 unusual facts about Hugo Steinhaus


Steinhaus longimeter

The Steinhaus longimeter, patented by the professor Hugo Steinhaus, is an instrument used to measure the lengths of curves on maps.

Vera T. Sós

In number theory, Sós proved the three distance theorem, conjectured by Hugo Steinhaus.


Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm

The Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm or Johnson–Trotter algorithm, also called plain changes, is an algorithm named after Hugo Steinhaus, Selmer M. Johnson and Hale F. Trotter that generates all of the permutations of n elements.


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