A Brief Account of Ancient Egyptian Mathematics as One of the Greatest Guardian Contribution to the Historical Evolution of Mathematics

Authors

  • Joydev Bera
  • Sankar Prasad Mukherjee

Keywords:

Addition, division, Egyptian, fraction, hieroglyphic, moscow papyrus, multiplication, number, rhind papyrus, subtraction

Abstract

This paper entails about the amazing capabilities and advancement of ancient Egyptian civilization in the fields of Numerical Mathematics, Geometry and structural Engineering. They had used Hieroglyphic in their writing system. They had already evolved the idea of our present-day binary system used in computers, decimal system, applied Geometry in structural Engineering etc. They used Fractions in an interesting way with a numerator of one and a denominator as a positive integer. Their contributions and standards may be said to be of genius calibre. As such the present generation is highly indebted to their contributions towards advancement of Mathematical journey since ancient times to present day.

Published

2020-03-31

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Articles