Journal article
Two letters from Otto Neugebauer to Thomas Eric Peet on ancient Egyptian mathematics
- Abstract:
-
We describe two letters of 1926 from the historian of mathematics Otto Neugebauer to the Egyptologist Thomas Eric Peet (Griffith Institute Archive, Oxford: Peet MSS 4.9). The letters concern Neugebauer's study of certain parts of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, as found in the doctoral dissertation that he had completed in Göttingen that year, for which Peet's 1923 edition of the papyrus was a major source. In the letters, we see the young Neugebauer establishing himself within the wider Egyp...
Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
Actions
Authors
Funding
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
More from this funder
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Historia Mathematica Journal website
- Volume:
- 52
- Pages:
- 66-98
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-05-08
- DOI:
- ISSN:
-
0315-0860
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
1103907
- Local pid:
- pubs:1103907
- Deposit date:
- 2020-05-11
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier Inc.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
-
This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Elsevier at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2020.05.001
Metrics
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record