[Avodah] Cramer's theorem

Prof. Levine Larry.Levine at stevens.edu
Mon Jul 26 02:28:44 PDT 2010


At 04:53 AM 7/26/2010, Eli Turkel wrote:
>In linear algebra, Cramer's rule is a theorem, which gives an
>expression for the solution of a system of linear equations with as
>many equations as unknowns, valid in those cases where there is a
>unique solution....     It is named after Gabriel Cramer (1704­17522),
>who published the rule...
>I couldn't find any theorem called Gaon's theorem

I do not believe that what this author is referring to is Cramer's
rule. Cramer's rule is certainly not "a principle of the mathematics of
infinity." However, I have to admit that I do not know what theorem the
writer is referring to. I have email the author about this.

YL





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