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{{Short description|Egyptian scribe}} |
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[[File:Rhind Mathematical Papyrus.jpg|thumb|A portion of the [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]]]] |
[[File:Rhind Mathematical Papyrus.jpg|thumb|A portion of the [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]]]] |
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'''Ahmes''' ({{lang-egy|[[wikt:jꜥḥ-ms|jꜥḥ-ms]]}} “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated '''[[Ahmose (disambiguation)|Ahmose]]''') was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian [[scribe]] who lived towards the end of the [[15th Dynasty|Fifteenth Dynasty]] (and of the [[Second Intermediate Period]]) and the beginning of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]] (and of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]]). He transcribed the [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]], a work of [[ancient Egyptian mathematics]] that dates to approximately 1550 BC;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=110036&partId=1|title=The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus|website=britishmuseum.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> he is the earliest contributor to [[mathematics]] whose name is known.<ref>{{citation|title=The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics|first=Clifford A.|last=Pickover|authorlink=Clifford A. Pickover|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4027-5796-9|page=36}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Unknown quantity: a real and imaginary history of algebra|first=John|last=Derbyshire|authorlink=John Derbyshire|publisher=National Academies Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-309-09657-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780309096577/page/29 29]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780309096577/page/29}}.</ref> Ahmes claimed not to be the writer of the work but rather just the scribe. He claimed the material came from an even older document from around 2000 B.C.<ref>{{ |
'''Ahmes''' ({{lang-egy|[[wikt:jꜥḥ-ms|jꜥḥ-ms]]}} “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated '''[[Ahmose (disambiguation)|Ahmose]]''') was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian [[scribe]] who lived towards the end of the [[15th Dynasty|Fifteenth Dynasty]] (and of the [[Second Intermediate Period]]) and the beginning of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]] (and of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]]). He transcribed the [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]], a work of [[ancient Egyptian mathematics]] that dates to approximately 1550 BC;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=110036&partId=1|title=The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus|website=britishmuseum.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> he is the earliest contributor to [[mathematics]] whose name is known.<ref>{{citation|title=The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics|first=Clifford A.|last=Pickover|authorlink=Clifford A. Pickover|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4027-5796-9|page=36}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Unknown quantity: a real and imaginary history of algebra|first=John|last=Derbyshire|authorlink=John Derbyshire|publisher=National Academies Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-309-09657-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780309096577/page/29 29]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780309096577/page/29}}.</ref> Ahmes claimed not to be the writer of the work but rather just the scribe. He claimed the material came from an even older document from around 2000 B.C.<ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Ahmes|title=Ahmes}}</ref> |
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*[http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/egypt/node3.html The Ahmes Papyrus] |
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*{{MacTutor Biography|id=Ahmes|title=Ahmes}} |
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 5 July 2024
Ahmes (Ancient Egyptian: jꜥḥ-ms “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated Ahmose) was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty (and of the Second Intermediate Period) and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty (and of the New Kingdom). He transcribed the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a work of ancient Egyptian mathematics that dates to approximately 1550 BC;[1] he is the earliest contributor to mathematics whose name is known.[2][3] Ahmes claimed not to be the writer of the work but rather just the scribe. He claimed the material came from an even older document from around 2000 B.C.[4]
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- ^ "The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus". britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ^ Pickover, Clifford A. (2009), The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., p. 36, ISBN 978-1-4027-5796-9.
- ^ Derbyshire, John (2006), Unknown quantity: a real and imaginary history of algebra, National Academies Press, p. 29, ISBN 978-0-309-09657-7.
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ahmes", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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