Egyptian Mathematical Papyri
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Description: Includes a description of each written document, as well as some sample problems from the Rhind, Moscow and other papyri. These ancient written works were created between 1900 and 1800 BC.
Egyptian Mathematical Papyri - Mathematicians of the African Diaspora There are two primary sources and a number of secondary sources on Egyptian Mathematics. The primary sources are the , and between them they contain 112 problems with solutions. Among the secondary sources are three payri from ~1800 BC: Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll (a table of 26 decompositions of unit fractions); the Berlin Papyrus (two problems of simultaneous equations - one of the 2nd degree); the Reisner Papyrus (volume calculations).
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