Was Uncle Tom right that quadratic problems can't be solved with the rule of false position?

DOI10.1007/S00283-013-9404-6zbMATH Open1307.01007OpenAlexW2016371065MaRDI QIDQ483357FDOQ483357

Authors: Albrecht Heeffer 

Publication date: 17 December 2014

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-013-9404-6

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zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian mathematicsquadratic problemsdouble false positionEgyptian mathematicsregula falsisingle false position

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History of numerical analysis (65-03) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35)

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