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It’s true. That very British-sounding St. Ives conundrum (the one where the seven wives each has seven sacks containing seven cats, who each has seven kits, and you have to figure out how many are ...
THE Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a facsimile of which the Trustees of the British Museum have just issued, together with an introduction by Dr. Wallis Budge, is the document from which we gather most ...