Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs
Häftad bok. Dover Publications. 1982. 288 sidor.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780486243153
- Titel
- Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs
- Författare
- Gillings, Richard J.
- Förlag
- New York : Dover
- Utgivningsår
- 1972
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- 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.
Includes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index.