[Avodah] The Chanukah Musings of a Mathematician

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, JRich at Sibson.com wrote:
: The 2nd is that the investment in time is  not worth the return.

RMB then wrote:
>>The Gra would answer that for the one yad of math so learned,  the
talmid is now capable of 100 yadayim of Torah.

And now we can  presume the usual back-and-forth about TuM has  occured,<<




>>>>>
The Gra knew and used mathematics but I really don't think you can  
legitimately claim him as an early exemplar of TuM.   You also are not  going to find 
any charedi RW Torah-only types claiming that a ben  Torah should davka NOT 
know any math, not even the simplest arithmetic.  
 
I would not even attempt to claim the Gra for TIDE, though I think doing so  
would be a little closer to the mark than TuM.

--Toby  Katz
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