The difference 5 1 2 in a problem of rations from the Rhind mathematical papyrus

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2008.06.001MaRDI QIDQ957592zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Luca Miatello

Publication date 28 November 2008

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2008.06.001

zbMATH Keywords

bread distributionEgyptian algorithmsEgyptian mathematicsembedded subalgorithmsmethod of false positionRhind papyrus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16)

Review text

Verf. macht einen weiteren Vorschlag, wie der Gedankengang der Aufgabe 40 des Papyrus Rhind, die zu den Verteilungsaufgaben gehört (Verteilung von 100 Broten an 5 Männer) und deren Verlauf aus dem Originaltext nur bruchstückhaft zu erkennen ist, rekonstruiert werden könnte. Er skizziert dazu vorher die im Papyrus Rhind benutzten Lösungsverfahren für die aha-Probleme, die generell als Rechenverfahren des ``falschen Ansatzes interpretiert werden.

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