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  2. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    Problems 1–7, 7B and 8–40 are concerned with arithmetic and elementary algebra. Problems 1–6 compute divisions of a certain number of loaves of bread by 10 men and record the outcome in unit fractions. Problems 7–20 show how to multiply the expressions 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 = 7/4, and 1 + 2/3 + 1/3 = 2 by different fractions.

  3. Hilbert's problems - Wikipedia

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    The following are the headers for Hilbert's 23 problems as they appeared in the 1902 translation in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. [1] 1. Cantor's problem of the cardinal number of the continuum. 2. The compatibility of the arithmetical axioms. 3. The equality of the volumes of two tetrahedra of equal bases and equal altitudes.

  4. Water pouring puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Water pouring puzzle. Starting state of the standard puzzle; a jug filled with 8 units of water, and two empty jugs of sizes 5 and 3. The solver must pour the water so that the first and second jugs both contain 4 units, and the third is empty. Water pouring puzzles (also called water jug problems, decanting problems, [1][2] measuring puzzles ...

  5. Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method (or Fehlberg method) is an algorithm in numerical analysis for the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. It was developed by the German mathematician Erwin Fehlberg and is based on the large class of Runge–Kutta methods. The novelty of Fehlberg's method is that it is an ...

  6. Runge–Kutta methods - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In numerical analysis, the Runge–Kutta methods (English: / ˈrʊŋəˈkʊtɑː / ⓘ RUUNG-ə-KUUT-tah[1]) are a family of implicit and explicit iterative methods, which include the Euler method, used in temporal discretization for the approximate solutions of simultaneous nonlinear equations. [2]

  7. Knuth's up-arrow notation - Wikipedia

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    Knuth's up-arrow notation. In mathematics, Knuth's up-arrow notation is a method of notation for very large integers, introduced by Donald Knuth in 1976. [1] In his 1947 paper, [2] R. L. Goodstein introduced the specific sequence of operations that are now called hyperoperations. Goodstein also suggested the Greek names tetration, pentation ...

  8. Millennium Prize Problems - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. The Clay Institute has pledged a US$ 1 million prize for the first correct solution to each problem. The Clay Mathematics Institute officially designated the title Millennium Problem for the seven unsolved ...

  9. Greedy algorithm for Egyptian fractions - Wikipedia

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    2 + 8x 2 − 1 = 0. Since P 2 (x) < 0 for x = ⁠ 1 / 9 ⁠, and P 2 (x) > 0 for all x > ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠, the next term in the greedy expansion is ⁠ 1 / 9 ⁠. If x 3 is the remaining fraction after this step of the greedy expansion, it satisfies the equation P 2 (x 3 + ⁠ 1 / 9 ⁠) = 0, which can again be expanded as a polynomial equation ...