Gillings, Richard J. creator text bibliography nyu New York Dover 1982, c1972 1982 monographic eng

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x, 286 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 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�b7�ssolution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions. Richard J. Gillings. Ed. orig.: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT press, 1972. Includes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index. f-ua--- Mathematics, Egyptian Matematica (historia) Historia de las matemáticas Egipto QA 27 G481m 1982 510/.932 048624315X (pbk.) 9780486243153 (pbk.) DLC 811123 20230410132746.0 spa