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            <title>Re: Archimedes (and Ahmes) square root of 5, 6 and 7</title>
        
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            <description><![CDATA[Archimedes' square root of 3 problem cited limits<br><br>(1271/780)^2 &gt; 3 &gt; (265/153)^2<br><br>A. The higher limit 1251/780 was calculated in]]></description>

        

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            <title>Re: Archimedes (and Ahmes) square root of 5, 6 and 7</title>
        
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            <description><![CDATA[an outline for a formal paper is about ready ... <br><br><a href="http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/5ArchimdesAndAhmesSquareRootOf3.html"]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jan 15, 2013 5:36:29 PM</jf:creationDate>
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            <title>Re: Archimedes (and Ahmes) square root of 5, 6 and 7</title>
        
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            <description><![CDATA[Archimedes' square root of 3 problem cited limits<br><br>(1271/780)^2 &gt; 3 &gt;  265/153<br><br>A. The higher limit 1251/780 was calculated in]]></description>

        

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            <title>Re: Archimedes (and Ahmes) square root of 5, 6 and 7</title>
        
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            <description><![CDATA[Peter,<br><br>my work contains typos .. the problem you cited was not in context. a quotient 5 with remainder 1/4 was not possible on a STEP]]></description>

        

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            <description><![CDATA[Milo, I detect an error here.<br><br>"<br><br>(Q + R)^2, R= 1/(1/2Q)<br><br>step 1: estimated <br><br>Q = 2. R,= (1//4) such that try <br><br>(2 +]]></description>

        

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            <title>Re: Archimedes (and Ahmes) square root of 5, 6 and 7</title>
        
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            <description><![CDATA[E.B. Davis attempted to break Archimedes' code in 2010<br><br><a href="http://www.mth.kcl.ac.uk/staff/eb_davies/PDFfiles/209.pdf"]]></description>

        

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            <title>Re: Archimedes (and Ahmes) square root of 5, 6 and 7</title>
        
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            <description><![CDATA[Premise: Egyptian numeration scaled rational numbers to concise unit fraction series in a wide range of applications. The inverse proportion aspect]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Dec 26, 2012 10:11:34 AM</jf:creationDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The parent Planetmath entry<br><br><a href="http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/EgyptianAndGreekSquareRoot.html"]]></description>

        

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            <description><![CDATA[A modern math three step process captures scribal notes that ended with once hard to translate unit fraction series. <br><br>Modern translations for]]></description>

        

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