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Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History
2020, Princeton University Press
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Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History
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Table of Contents
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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