Another look at the two Egyptian pyramid volume ‘formulas’ of 1850 BCE

DOI10.1080/26375451.2022.2106061OpenAlexW4295713316MaRDI QIDQ5879359FDOQ5879359

Authors: Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze 

Publication date: 28 February 2023

Published in: British Journal for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2022.2106061

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics education (97-03)

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