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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 Egyptological community. The letters open up a discussion of Peet's own work on ancient Egyptian mathematics.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.hm.2020.05.001
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- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Historia Mathematica More from this journal
- Volume:
- 52
- Pages:
- 66-98
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-05-08
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0315-0860
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English
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1103907
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pubs:1103907
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- 2020
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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
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