new approach for explaining Rhind's Recto – and its utility in teaching

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dc.contributor.authorFilep, László
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-04T09:45:02Z
dc.date.available2024-09-04T09:45:02Z
dc.date.issued2004-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe Recto is a table in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP) of ancient Egypt containing the unit fraction decompositions of fractions 2/n (3 ≤ n ≤ 101, n odd). To the question how (and why) the decompositions were made, there exists no generally accepted answer. The fact that in some other sources of Egyptian mathematics decompositions different from those in Recto exist makes the problem more difficult. Researchers normally try to find the answer in some formulas by which the entries of the table were calculated [see e.g. 1, 42]. We are convinced that the correct answer is not hidden in formulas but in the characteristics of Egyptian mathematics namely those of fraction and division concepts. To study them is important not only from historical point of view but also from methodological one: how to develop fraction concept and how to make division easier.en
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dc.identifier.citationTeaching Mathematics and Computer Science, Vol. 2 No. 2 (2004) , 337-355
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2004.0064
dc.identifier.eissn2676-8364
dc.identifier.issn1589-7389
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.jatitleTeach. Math. Comp. Sci.
dc.identifier.jtitleTeaching Mathematics and Computer Science
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/379539
dc.identifier.volume2
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/tmcs/article/view/14729
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerLászló Filep
dc.subjectegyptian mathematicsen
dc.subjectRhind’s Rectoen
dc.subjectunit fractionen
dc.titlenew approach for explaining Rhind's Recto – and its utility in teachingen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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