Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs

Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780486243153
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510.932
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 286
Weight: 402g
Height: 143mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 18mm