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First Semester in Numerical Analysis with Julia, 2020a

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Chapter 2<br />

Solutions of equations: Root-f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Arya and the mystery of the Rh<strong>in</strong>d papyrus<br />

College life is full of adventures, some hopefully of <strong>in</strong>tellectual nature, and Arya is do<strong>in</strong>g<br />

her part by tak<strong>in</strong>g a history of science class. She learns about the Rh<strong>in</strong>d papyrus; an<br />

ancient Egyptian papyrus purchased by an antiquarian named Henry Rh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> Luxor,<br />

Egypt, <strong>in</strong> 1858.<br />

Figure 2.1: Rh<strong>in</strong>d Mathematical Papyrus. (British Museum Image under a Creative<br />

Commons license.)<br />

The papyrus has a collection of mathematical problems and their solutions; a translation<br />

is given by Chace & Mann<strong>in</strong>g [2]. The follow<strong>in</strong>g is Problem 26, taken from [2]:<br />

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