A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

Egyptian fractions

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Richard Green
Jun 24, 2024
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The ancient Egyptians had notation to represent the fraction 1/n, but not for every fraction of the form a/b. Because of this, they typically represented fractions as Egyptian fractions, which are finite sums of fractions of the form 1/n, all with different denominators. For example, 5/121 can be expressed in the form of an Egyptian fraction as 1/33 + 1…

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