عنوان

Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs /

(Number (ISBN

048624315X

(Number (ISBN

9780486243153

Number

b710996

Title Proper

Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Richard J. Gillings.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Dover,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1982, ©1972.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 286 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

22 cm.

Series Title

Dover classics of science and mathematics

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index.

Text of Note

APPENDIX: ONE: The nature of proof -- TWO: The Egyptian calendar -- THREE: Great pyramid mysticism -- FOUR: Regarding Morris Kline's views in Mathematics, A Cultural Approach -- FIVE: The Pythagorean Theorem in Ancient Egypt -- SIX: The contents of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- SEVEN: The contents of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus -- EIGHT: A papyritic memo pad -- NINE: Horus-eye fractions in terms of Hinu: Problems 80, 81 of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- TEN: The Egyptian equivalent of the least common denominator -- ELEVEN: A table of two-term equalities for Egyptian unit fractions -- TWELVE: Tables of Hieratic integers and fractions, showing variations -- THIRTEEN: Chronology -- FOURTEEN: A map of Egypt -- FIFTEEN: The Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll.

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Hieroglyphic and hieratic writing and numbers -- The four arithmetic operations -- The two-thirds table for fractions -- The G rule in Egyptian arithmetic -- The recto of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- The recto continued -- Problems in completion and the red auxiliaries -- The Egyptian mathematical leather roll -- Unit-fraction tables -- Problems of equitable distribution and accurate measurement -- Pesu problems -- Areas and volumes -- Equations of the first and second degree -- Geometric and arithmetic progressions -- "Think of a number" problems -- Pyramids and truncated pyramids -- The area of a semicylinder and the area of a hemisphere -- Fractions of a Hekat -- Egyptian weights and measures -- Squares and square roots -- The Reisner Papyri: The superficial cubit and scales of notation

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Text of Note

In this carefully researched study, the author examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications--solution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions.

Mathematics, Egyptian.

Matematica (historia)

Mathematics, Egyptian.

Mathematik.

Mathematik.

Oudheid.

Wiskunde.

Ägypten Altertum

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Gillings, Richard J.

Date of Transaction

20201208014325.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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