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Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
example of ancient Egyptian mathematics
Moscow Mathematical Papyrus
ancient Egyptian mathematical manuscript
Archimedes Palimpsest
manuscript prayer book written over a work by Archimedes
Plimpton 322
Babylonian clay tablet
Bakhshali manuscript
group of mathematical manuscripts including an early use of the positional zero
Scottish Book
thick notebook used by mathematicians of the Lwów School of Mathematics for jotting down problems; named after the "Scottish Café" where it was kept
Hauksbók
thumb|A page from Hauksbók Hauksbók (; 'Book of Haukr') is a 14th-century Icelandic manuscript created by Haukr Erlendsson. Significant portions of it are lost, but it contains the earliest copies of many of the texts it contains, including the Saga of Eric the Red. In most cases, Haukr copied from earlier, now lost manuscripts. Among these are the section on mathematics called Algorismus, the text of Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. It was originally in one part, but now split in three (AM 371 4to, AM 544 4to and AM 675 4to) and held at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjaví
YBC 7289
ancient clay tablet showing an approximation of √2
Papyrus Berlin 6619
mathematical papyrus
Mathematical manuscripts of Karl Marx
Karl Marx's attempts to understand the foundations of infinitesimal calculus
Book on Numbers and Computation
Chinese mathematical treatise written between 202 BC and 186 BC
Propositiones ad acuendos juvenes
collection of recreational mathematics problems
Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll
ancient Egyptian text
Yuktibhāṣā
Yuktibhāṣā (), also known as Gaṇita-yukti-bhāṣā and '''' (English: Compendium of Astronomical Rationale''), is a treatise on mathematics and astronomy, written by the Indian astronomer Jyeṣṭhadeva of the Kerala school of mathematics around 1530. The treatise, written in Malayalam, is a consolidation of the discoveries by Madhava of Sangamagrama, Nilakantha Somayaji, Parameshvara Nambudiri, Jyeṣṭhadeva, Achyuta Piṣāraṭi, and other astronomer-mathematicians of the Kerala school. It also exists in a Sanskrit version, with unclear author and date, composed as a rough translation of the Malayalam o
Albert Einstein Archives
archive with Einstein papers
Reisner Papyrus
related to egyptology and George Andrew Reisner
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