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

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(78)90054-XMaRDI QIDQ1250806zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Richard J. Gillings

Publication date 1978

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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