The (2:n) Table in the Rhind Papyrus

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1980.tb00234.xzbMath0431.01001OpenAlexW4245154388MaRDI QIDQ3867789

Bartel Leendert Van der Waerden

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1980.tb00234.x

zbMATH Keywords

(2:n) table in the Rhind Papyrus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Techniques of fractions in ancient Egypt and Greece ⋮ On the Egyptian method of decomposing 2/\(n\) into unit fractions

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