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_bG481m 1982
082 0 0 _a510/.932
100 1 _aGillings, Richard J.
245 1 0 _aMathematics in the time of the pharaohs /
_cRichard J. Gillings.
260 _aNew York :
_bDover,
_c1982, c1972.
300 _ax, 286 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
440 0 _aDover classics of science and mathematics
500 _aEd. orig.: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT press, 1972.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index.
520 _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.
650 0 _aMathematics, Egyptian.
650 7 _aMatematica (historia)
_2larpcal
650 4 _aHistoria de las matemáticas
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_zEgipto
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