Professional paper

Egyptian fraction

Franka Miriam Brückler orcid.org/0000-0002-8410-0476 ; Matematički odsjek, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu,

Abstract

In this paper we discuss Egyptian fractions, i.e. representations of positive fractions as sums of unit fractions, in their historical context.

Keywords

ancient Egyptian mathematics, mathematics of ancient civilisations, rational numbers, Egyptian fractions, Ahmes, Leonardo of Pisa, greedy algorithms

Hrčak ID:

263724

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/263724

Publication date:

1.6.2021.

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