01360cam a2200313 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002200069020002500091035002300116035005300139040001800192041000800210043001200218050002200230082001300252100002500265245006800290260003700358300003200395440004700427500005100474504006300525520035300588650002700941650003500968650004301003BJBSDDR20230410132746.0ta811123s1982    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a048624315X (pbk.)  a9780486243153 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocm08033421  a(OCoLC)8033421z(OCoLC)15589532z(OCoLC)29640329  aDLCcDLCbspa  aeng  af-ua---14aQA 27bG481m 198200a510/.9321 aGillings, Richard J.10aMathematics in the time of the pharaohs /cRichard J. Gillings.  aNew York :bDover,c1982, c1972.  ax, 286 p. :bill. ;c22 cm. 0aDover classics of science and mathematics   aEd. orig.: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT press, 1972.  aIncludes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index.  aIn 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�b7�ssolution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions. 0aMathematics, Egyptian. 7aMatematica (historia)2larpcal 4aHistoria de las matemáticas zEgipto