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Berlin Papyrus 6619
Berlin Papyrus 6619, as reproduced in 1900 by Schack-Schackenburg
Createdc. 1800 BC
DiscoveredEgypt
Present locationBerlin, Germany

The Berlin Papyrus 6619, simply called the Berlin Papyrus when the context makes it clear,[1] is one of the primary sources of ancient Egyptian mathematics.[2] One of the two mathematics problems on the Papyrus may suggest that the ancient Egyptians knew the Pythagorean theorem.

  1. ^ Lumpkin, Beatrice (2004), The Mathematical Legacy of Ancient Egypt - A Response to Robert Palter, National Science Foundation, p. 17, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.372.5877
  2. ^ "Egyptian Mathematical Papyri - Mathematicians of the African Diaspora", www.math.buffalo.edu

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