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May 17, 2024, 9:59 am UTC    
May 24, 2009 08:51AM
It would not have existed in Egyptian mathematics.

Egyptian fractions were unit fractions meaning they had no numerators. Specific values were constituted by adding unit fraction, such as three quarters would have been expressed by half plus quarter.

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tim May 24, 2009 08:48AM

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