Three alternate methods of obtaining the ancient Egyptian formula for the area of a circle

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(85)90024-2zbMath0571.01002OpenAlexW1987787128MaRDI QIDQ1061721

Paulus Gerdes

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90024-2

zbMATH Keywords

area of a circlecraft technique

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics of the indigenous cultures of Europe (pre-Greek, etc.) (01A15)

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