Day 8: Introduction to Egypt. Hieroglyphic and hieratic
numbers
Summary
Introduction to Egyptian civilization: chronology
and topography
Sources for mathematical knowledge in Egypt -
problems.
Egypt: The Habit of Civilization.
Hieroglyphic and hieratic numbers.
Reading
C.S. Roero, `Egyptian mathematics', in I.
Grattan-Guinness (ed), Companion Encyclopedia of the History and
Philosophy of
the Mathematical Sciences, 30 - 45.
Handouts
Egyptian Numeration Systems.
Links
A map of Egypt.
Another map
of Egypt from the Oriental Institute.
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and Classical Mathematics
Last modified: 19 September 2005
Duncan
J. Melville
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