doi:10.1515/9781400874309Annette ImhausenImhausen, Annette, 2016. Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.
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these algorithms are based on the 1965 book Vedic Mathematics, containing arithmetic rules written in the style of Sanskrit sutras. These sutras are often said to represent an ancient mathematical system “rediscovered” or “re
Mathematics in ancient EgyptThe introduction of writing in Egypt in the predynastic period (c. 3000 BCE) brought with it the formation of a special class of literate professionals, the scribes. By virtue of their writing skills, the scribes took on all the duties of a civil service: record ...
texts of ancient Egypt (the first half of the second millennium B.C.) consist primarily of examples dealing with the solution of individual problems and, at best, of prescriptions for their solution, which sometimes can be understood only by analyzing the numerical examples given in the texts....
What does the underlined word "millennium"mean in the last paragraph?A. A span of one hundred yearsB. A span of one thousand years.C. A century.D. A million years.70. In ancient Egypt, how was the number 80 represented?A. Using eightfingers.B. Writing the symbol for 10 eighttimes....
According to Herodotus, the mathematics of the Egyptians had its roots in surveying. The Pharaoh of Egypt gave each Egyptian a plot of land, of equal size, and taxed them upon this. However, the annual Nile floods could quite easily wash away land, so the king dispatched surveyors to see...
An essay or paper on Early Greek Culture & Mathematics. One of the most well defined and clearest examples of the legacy of the ancient world is that owed to Greek Civilization. Within that legacy, much of the modern world owes a debt in the areas of p