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 ==Remarks==
-During World War II started to study at the faculty of physics and mathematics of the Erevan University (Armenia). Continued his studies at the historical faculty of the Leningrad State University. There he studied Assyriology under the guidance of Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff. Vaiman graduated in 1949 and began to work at the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum, where he conducted his research until his retirement. In 1965 Vaiman was awarded PhD for his book Sumero-Babylonian Mathematics of the Third to First Millennia BCE (1961). His major contribution was in two fields of Assyriology: cuneiform mathematics and the decipherment of the proto-Sumerian script.
+In 1938-1940 studied at the faculty of physics and mathematics of the Kiev State University. During World War II in 1942-1945 started to study at historical faculty of the Erevan Pedagogical College (Armenia). In 1945-1948 continued his studies at the historical faculty of the Leningrad State University. There he studied Assyriology under the guidance of Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff. Vaiman graduated in 1949 and began to work at the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum, where he conducted his research for his entire life. In 1965 Vaiman was awarded PhD for his book Sumero-Babylonian Mathematics of the Third to First Millennia BCE (1961). His major contribution was in two fields of Assyriology: cuneiform mathematics and the decipherment of the proto-Sumerian script.
 ==Obituaries==
 P.M. Lerner, 2011: Vaiman, Aizik Abramovich: For his 90th birthday. Israel (in Russian).