Gersonides
Gersonides · Science & Medicine
Medieval mathematician; combinatorics and trigonometry
1288, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France — 1344, France
France (Provence)
Gersonides is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Medieval mathematician; combinatorics and trigonometry
Gersonides (Levi ben Gershon, the Ralbag) was a medieval Provençal Jewish rabbi, philosopher, astronomer and mathematician who worked in combinatorics, trigonometry and proofs by mathematical induction, and invented the 'Jacob's staff' for astronomical measurement. His philosophical work The Wars of the Lord is a landmark of Jewish thought. He was Jewish.
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Medieval mathematician; combinatorics and trigonometry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
