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The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also designated as papyrus British Museum 10057, pBM 10058, and Brooklyn Museum 37.1784Ea-b) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is one of two well-known mathematical papyri, along with the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus. The Rhind Papyrus is the larger, but younger, of the two ...
An older ancient Egyptian papyrus contained a similar table of Egyptian fractions; the Lahun Mathematical Papyri, written around 1850 BCE, is about the age of one unknown source for the Rhind papyrus. The Kahun 2/n fractions were identical to the fraction decompositions given in the Rhind Papyrus' 2/n table. [8]
Lahun LV.4 (or Kahun LV.4) (UC 32162 [14]) contains what seems to be an area computation and a problem concerning the value of ducks, geese and cranes. [3] [15] The problem concerning fowl is a baku problem and most closely resembles problem 69 in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus and problems 11 and 21 in the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus. [14]
A later text, the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, introduced improved ways of writing Egyptian fractions. The Rhind papyrus was written by Ahmes and dates from the Second Intermediate Period; it includes a table of Egyptian fraction expansions for rational numbers , as well as 84 word problems. Solutions to each problem were written out in scribal ...
Area of Triangle — Rhind Mathematical Papyrus problem number 51. [106] Area of Trapezoid — Rhind Mathematical Papyrus problem number 52. [106] Surface area of Sphere — The Tenth problem of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus asks for a calculation of the surface area of a hemisphere (Struve, Gillings) or possibly the area of a semi-cylinder ...
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus also contains four of these type of problems. Problems 1, 19, and 25 of the Moscow Papyrus are Aha problems. Problem 19 asks one to calculate a quantity taken 1 and one-half times and added to 4 to make 10. [1] In modern mathematical notation, this linear equation is represented:
A portion of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. Ahmes (Ancient Egyptian: jꜥḥ-ms “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated Ahmose) was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty (and of the Second Intermediate Period) and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty (and of the New Kingdom).
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: British Museum 10057 and 10058 Subtitle Photographic Facsimile, Hieroglyphic Transcription, Transliteration, Literal Translation, Free Translation, Mathematical Commentary, and Bibliography