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... fractions , reveals a high degree of mathematical insight . We possess two Babylonian tablets which exhibit its use . One of them , probably written between 2300 and 1600 B.C. , contains a table of square numbers up to 60o . The numbers ...
... fractions , reveals a high degree of mathematical insight . We possess two Babylonian tablets which exhibit its use . One of them , probably written between 2300 and 1600 B.C. , contains a table of square numbers up to 60o . The numbers ...
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... fractions from the Babylonians and introduced it into Greece . From that time sexagesimal fractions held almost full sway in astronomical and mathematical calculations until the sixteenth century , when they finally yielded their place ...
... fractions from the Babylonians and introduced it into Greece . From that time sexagesimal fractions held almost full sway in astronomical and mathematical calculations until the sixteenth century , when they finally yielded their place ...
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... column next to the left . The Ahmes papyrus contains interesting information on the way in which the Egyptians employed fractions . Their methods of operation were , of course , radically different THE EGYPTIANS . 13.
... column next to the left . The Ahmes papyrus contains interesting information on the way in which the Egyptians employed fractions . Their methods of operation were , of course , radically different THE EGYPTIANS . 13.
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... fraction " in a restricted sense , for he applied it only to unit - fractions , or fractions having unity for the numer- It was designated by writing the denominator and then placing over it a dot . Fractional values which could not be ...
... fraction " in a restricted sense , for he applied it only to unit - fractions , or fractions having unity for the numer- It was designated by writing the denominator and then placing over it a dot . Fractional values which could not be ...
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... fraction is Having finished the subject of fractions , Ahmes proceeds to the solution of equations of one unknown quantity . The un- known quantity is called ' hau ' or heap . Thus the problem , " heap , its , its whole , it makes 19 ...
... fraction is Having finished the subject of fractions , Ahmes proceeds to the solution of equations of one unknown quantity . The un- known quantity is called ' hau ' or heap . Thus the problem , " heap , its , its whole , it makes 19 ...
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