[Avodah] The Vilna Gaon’s Theorem – Fact or Urban Legend?

[Rafi Hecht]

In the Yeshiva world some people like to attribute the Vilna Gaon’s
mathematical expertise (from his publication of a Trigonometry book Ayil
Meshulash) and giving him credit to Cramer’s Theorem (his grandfather’s
last name was Kremer, hence the derivative). I would like to debunk the
bunk.

Read more: http://bit.ly/OJSzDN

Best Regards,

Rafi Hecht
*rhecht at gmail.com* <rhecht at gmail.com>
416-276-6925
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