The papyrus contains ancient Egyptian mathematical and medical knowledge, including the first known documentation concerning pregnancy test procedures, and is thus part of the medical papyri.
The Berlin Papyrus contains a problem stated as "the area of a square of 100 is equal to that of two smaller squares, of two second degree equations. The side of one is ½ + ¼ the side of the other. The interest in the question may suggest some knowledge of what would later be named the Pythagorean theorem, though it more likely shows a straight forward solution of two second degree equations, stated as one unknown, and not two unknowns, as sometimes suggested.
See also
References
External links
- Simultaneous equation examples from the Berlin papyrus
- Two algebra problems compared to RMP algebra
- Medicine of the Pharaohs
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The papyrus contains ancient Egyptian mathematical and medical knowledge, including the first known documentation concerning pregnancy test procedures, and is thus part of the medical papyri.
The Berlin Papyrus contains a problem stated as "the area of a square of 100 is equal to that of two smaller squares, of two second degree equations. The side of one is ½ + ¼ the side of the other. The interest in the question may suggest some knowledge of what would later be named the Pythagorean theorem, though it more likely shows a straight forward solution of two second degree equations, stated as one unknown, and not two unknowns, as sometimes suggested.
See also
References
External links
- Simultaneous equation examples from the Berlin papyrus
- Two algebra problems compared to RMP algebra
- Medicine of the Pharaohs
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Last updated on Sunday May 18, 2008 at 13:26:42 PDT (GMT -0700)
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