The man who loved to count and the incredible story of the 35 camels

DOI10.1080/17513472.2016.1221211zbMATH Open1375.00011OpenAlexW2525546902MaRDI QIDQ4589076FDOQ4589076

Authors: Marcio Luis Ferreira Nascimento, Luiz Barco 

Publication date: 7 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/21774

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zbMATH Keywords

recreational mathematics17 horses35 camelsJulio Cesar de Mello e SouzaMalba Tahan

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Recreational mathematics (00A08)

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• The division of the seventeen camels and other arithmetical achievements ascribed to Imam Alî. Alteration and circulation of narratives from the Shia Islamic tradition

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