CONTRASTING AIMS AND APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS IN THE 1920s

Christopher D. Hollings; Richard B. Parkinson

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CONTRASTING AIMS AND APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS IN THE 1920s

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The modern academic study of ancient Egyptian mathematics emerged in the mid-nineteenth century as the decipherment of ancient texts revealed the arithmetical and geometrical notions and processes employed by the ancient Egyptians; most of what is now known stemmed from the discovery and study of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus in the 1860s and 1870s. However, despite the unearthing of a small number of additional sources, the study of ancient Egyptian mathematics remained quite closely focused on the Rhind Papyrus, with many texts simply restating what had already been written about it. In this paper, we discuss how the topic re-emerged in the 1920s in a more fully contextualised form. Particular attention is paid to the contributions of the Egyptologist Thomas Eric Peet (1882-1934) and the historian of mathematics Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990). We argue that by the end of the 1920s, a topic that had hitherto largely been the preserve of Egyptologists had passed into the hands of mathematicians.

机译：古埃及的现代学术研究数学在19世纪中期出现作为古代文本的解读揭示了算术和几何概念古埃及人使用的过程;现在已知的源于发现及研究Rhind数学纸莎草纸1870年代和1860年代。少量的额外的挖掘源、古埃及的研究数学仍然很密切关注Rhind纸莎草,许多文字简单地重申已经写过什么。论文中,我们将讨论如何再次出现在了这个主题1920年代更完全的裨益的形式。特别关注的贡献的埃及古物学者托马斯·埃里克·皮特(1882 - 1934)数学和历史学家奥托Neugebauer(1899 - 1990)。1920年代,迄今为止在很大程度上是一个主题保存的埃及古物学者已经传递到数学家们手中。

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《Revue d Histoire des Mathematiques: history of mathematics review》 |2022年第2期|183-286|共104页
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Christopher D. Hollings; Richard B. Parkinson;
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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford & The Queen's College, Oxford. Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE, United Kingdom. The Queen's College, Oxford, OX1 4AW, United Kingdom;

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford & The Queen's College, Oxford. Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG, United Kingdom. The Queen's College, Oxford, OX1 4AW, United Kingdom;

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