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296 pages • digital • first pub 1998 • 7 editions
ISBN/UID: 9781400833894
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest known occurrence of the square root of a negative number. The papyrus offered a specific numeri...
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Paul J. Nahin
296 pages • digital • 1998
ISBN/UID: 9781400833894
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest known occurrence of the square root of a negative number. The papyrus offered a specific numeri...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings