Questions tagged [mathematics]

Is there a source that compiles the different times that polygons and other non-polygons that come up in tanach/gemara? I'm looking to fine any place where quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons etc. and circles, parabolas etc. appears in…

I am interested in studying one of the mathematical compositions of the Ibn Ezra. Is anyone familiar with the easiest book that he wrote? Thanks

If the Torah forbids addition and subtraction, what does it imply for Jews, and for ultra orthodox jews, regarding practical life? It is a baffling rule. Can you you use money at all? can you not subtract change? Can you use a clock to count the…