Practical arithmetic and geometry — Egyptian scribes
~1650 BC · Transmission: Silenced
MathematicsMethodEgyptian
84 documented mathematical problems: unit fractions, progressions, calculation of areas and volumes. First evidence of applied mathematics as an organized discipline with explicit method.
InstitutionEgyptian scribes
Historical regionEgypt (likely: Thebes)
Primary sourceRhind Papyrus — British Museum EA10057/10058
Secondary sourceChace, A.B. — The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (1927)