The Egyptians and Pythagorean triples

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(80)90037-3MaRDI QIDQ1167149zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Beatrice Lumpkin

Publication date 1980

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(80)90037-3

zbMATH Keywords

Berlin PapyrusEgyptian knowledge of Pythagorean triplesPythagorean theoremsquare roots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics of the indigenous cultures of Europe (pre-Greek, etc.) (01A15)

Cited in

(2)

• Diagrams in ancient Egyptian geometry. Survey and assessment
• Mathematical bases of ancient Egyptian architecture and graphic art

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