History and counting of Egyptian fractions in Ancient Egypt

Автор: Soloshchenko M.Yu., Zabirov F.G., Murzalieva Z.Z.

Журнал: Международный журнал гуманитарных и естественных наук @intjournal

Рубрика: Физико-математические науки

Статья в выпуске: 3-2 (78), 2023 года.

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The article describes a brief history of the emergence of Egyptian fractions, also provides an analysis of the representation and method of counting rational numbers in ancient Egypt. The article is based on information from the Rhind papyrus containing a table that expresses fractions of the form 2/n as sums of two, three or four unit fractions with different denominators.

Egyptian fractions, the history of fractions, the mathematics of ancient egypt, rational numbers in ancient times, the rhind papyrus

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/170197920

IDR: 170197920   |   DOI: 10.24412/2500-1000-2023-3-2-133-136

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