A new interpretation of problem 10 of the Moscow mathematical papyrus

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2009.05.001zbMath1183.01001OpenAlexW2055041312MaRDI QIDQ2654168

Leon Cooper

Publication date: 15 January 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2009.05.001

zbMATH Keywords

hemisphereEgyptian mathematicsmeasuring unitsMoscow papyrusT. E. PeetW. W. Struve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16)

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