The Egyptians and Pythagorean triples

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(80)90037-3zbMath0491.01003OpenAlexW1975571370WikidataQ114214806 ScholiaQ114214806MaRDI QIDQ1167149

Beatrice Lumpkin

Publication date: 1980

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(80)90037-3

zbMATH Keywords

Pythagorean theoremsquare rootsBerlin PapyrusEgyptian knowledge of Pythagorean triples

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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