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

Egyptian mathematicsbread distributionEgyptian algorithmsembedded subalgorithmsmethod of false positionRhind papyrus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16)

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