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Egyptian Fractions and Representation Registers in the Construction of the Fraction Concept

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education ◽

10.29333/ejmste/10992 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (7) ◽

pp. em1984

Author(s):

Francisco Clemente ◽

Josep Maria Fortuny

Keyword(s):

Egyptian Fractions

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On the use of Egyptian fractions for stream ciphers

Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography ◽

10.1080/09720529.2021.1923921 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

I. Cherkaoui ◽

F. Zinoun

Keyword(s):

Stream Ciphers ◽

Egyptian Fractions

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EGYPTIAN FRACTIONS AND THE ANCIENT SCIENCE OF HARMONICS

Iconea 2009-2010 ◽

10.31826/9781463233853-002 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Leon Crickmore

Keyword(s):

Ancient Science ◽

Egyptian Fractions

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Denominators of Egyptian fractions

Journal of Number Theory ◽

10.1016/0022-314x(88)90041-8 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 258-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Hisashi Yokota

Keyword(s):

Egyptian Fractions

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Egyptian Fractions: Ahmes to Fibonacci to Today

Mathematics Teacher ◽

10.5951/mt.84.7.0561 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 84 (7) ◽

pp. 561-568

Author(s):

Spencer P. Hurd

Keyword(s):

Word Problems ◽

Mathematical Text ◽

Egyptian Fractions

Sometime between 1850 B.C. and 1550 B.C. an Egyptian scribe named Ahmes (or Ahmose) obtained fresh papyrus for a roll about eighteen feet long and one foot high. On this papyrus he wrote, copied, or, more likely, edited his mathematical text “in likeness to writings of old.” The work consists mostly of annotated lists of fractions and about a hundred solved “word” problems.

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