Response to ``Some comments on R. J. Gillings' analysis of the 2/n table in the Rhind papyrus

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(78)90054-XzbMATH Open0389.01002MaRDI QIDQ1250806FDOQ1250806

Authors: Richard J. Gillings 

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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