Baruch Solomon Löwenstein
Mathematician
Baruch Solomon Löwenstein (born in mid-nineteenth century, Włodarka, Russia) was a Jewish mathematician. He wrote Bikkure ha-Limmudiyyot, explanations of mathematical passages in the works of Abraham ibn Ezra, Moses Maimonides, and Joseph Delmedigo. He also annotated and published in 1863 a second edition of Shebile di-Reḳia, by Elias ben Ḥayyim Kohen Höchheimer, on the rules of the calendar, with the elements of geometry, trigonometry, and astronomy.[1]
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Deutsch, Gotthard; Mannheimer, S. (1901–1906). "Löwenstein, Baruch Solomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Zeitlin, Bibl. Post-Mendels. p. 217.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gotthard Deutsch and S. Mannheimer (1901–1906). "Löwenstein, Baruch Solomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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