vasily vasilievich struve published the moscow mathematical papyrus in 1930.
vasily vasilievich struve published the moscow mathematical papyrus in 1930.
who published the moscow mathematical papyrus in 1930?
vasily vasilievich struve
based on the palaeography and orthography of the hieratic text, the text was most likely written down in the 13th dynasty and based on older material probably dating to the twelfth dynasty of egypt, roughly 1850 bc. approximately 5½ m (18 ft) long and varying between wide, its format was divided into 25 problems with solutions by the soviet orientalist vasily vasilievich struve in 1930. it is a well-known mathematical papyrus along with the "rhind mathematical papyrus." the "moscow mathematical papyrus" is older than the "rhind mathematical papyrus," while the latter is the larger of the two.
moscow mathematical papyrus
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the moscow mathematical papyrus is an ancient egyptian mathematical papyrus, also called the golenishchev mathematical papyrus, after its first owner outside of egypt, egyptologist vladimir golenishchev. golenishchev bought the papyrus in 1892 or 1893 in thebes. it later entered the collection of the pushkin state museum of fine arts in moscow, where it remains today.
moscow mathematical papyrus