Some comments on R. J. Gillings' analysis of the \(2/n\) table in the Rhind papyrus

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(77)90082-9zbMath0389.01001OpenAlexW2069337937MaRDI QIDQ1250805

K. Appert

Publication date: 1977

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(77)90082-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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