Mathematics in ancient Egypt : a contextual history /

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Main Author: Imhausen, Annette
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
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505 0 |a Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Period. -- 1. The invention of writing and number notation -- 2. The Egyptian number system -- 3. Uses of numbers and their contexts in predynastic and early dynastic times -- 4. Summary -- Old Kingdom. -- 5. The cultural context of Egyptian mathematics in the Old Kingdom -- 6. Metrological systems -- 7. Notation of fractions -- 8. Summary -- Middle Kingdom. -- 9. Mathematical texts (I): the mathematical training of scribes -- 10. Foundation of mathematics -- 11. Mathematics in practice and beyond -- New Kingdom. -- 12. New Kingdom mathematical texts: Ostraca Senmut 153 and Turin 57170 -- 13. Two examples of administrative texts -- 14. Mathematics in literature -- 15. Further aspects of mathematics from New Kingdom sources -- 16. Summary -- Greco-Roman Periods. -- 17. Mathematical texts (II): tradition, transmission, development -- 18. Conclusion: Egyptian mathematics in historical perspective -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Egyptian words and phrases index -- Index of mathematical texts. 
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