Department of Mathematics University of Osijek and Croatian Mathematical Society-Divison Osijek
Abstract
U ovome radu su prezentirane osnovne odrednice matematike starih Egipćana, s posebnim naglaskom na vrstu razlomaka koje su oni poznavali, te ih stoga nazivamo egipatski razlomci ili jedinični razlomci. Rad sadrži i slike na kojima su predstavljeni posebni simboli koje su za brojeve dekadskog sustava i jedinične razlomke koristili stari Egipćani.In this paper we present the basic principles of mathematics of the ancient Egyptians, with special emphasis on the type of fractions that they used, so they called Egyptian fractions, or unit fractions. The paper also includes images which present the special symbols which were used by Egyptians, as the symbols for decimal system and unit fractions
