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    Archimedes's cattle problem (or the problema bovinum or problema Archimedis) is a problem in Diophantine analysis, the study of polynomial equations with...
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    to diophantine equations. Examples include the cannonball problem, Archimedes's cattle problem and the monkey and the coconuts. In 1637, Pierre de Fermat...
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    and cattle of Helios, “not one of them was dark in hue but all were white as milk and glorying in their horns of gold.” Archimedes' cattle problem "Homer...
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    to be a letter sent by Archimedes to Eratosthenes. The epigram proposed what has become known as Archimedes's cattle problem; its solution (absent from...
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    to Pell's equation. Likewise, Archimedes's cattle problem — an ancient word problem about finding the number of cattle belonging to the sun god Helios...
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  • tiling Archimedes' axiom Archimedes' cattle problem Archimedes' hat-box theorem Archimedes constant Archimedes number Archimedes' quadruplets Archimedes Square...
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    doi:10.1086/348797. "Editions of Archimedes's Work". Brown University Library. 1999. Høyrup, Jens (2017). "Archimedes: Knowledge and Lore from Latin Antiquity...
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    to be a letter sent by Archimedes to Eratosthenes. The epigram proposed what has become known as Archimedes's cattle problem; its solution (absent from...
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  • approximately 7.76 × 10206,544 cattle in the smallest herd which satisfies the conditions of Archimedes's cattle problem. Mathematics: 2,618,163,402,417...
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  • The monkey and the coconuts (category Mathematical problems)
    techniques and present no new difficulties. Archimedes's cattle problem, a substantially more difficult Diophantine problem Fermat's Last Theorem, possibly the...
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  • Golden ratio. Fibonacci sequence Golden ratio Supergolden ratio Archimedes cattle problem Pell's equation "Narayana - Biography". Maths History. Retrieved...
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  • Ernst August Amthor (1845–1916), German headmaster, solved the Archimedes's cattle problem Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1677–1721), German poet and translator...
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    discovered Archimedes' cattle problem in a Greek manuscript containing a poem of 44 lines, in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel. This problem would...
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    native vegetation communities. In the Amazon rainforest, drought, logging, cattle ranching practices, and slash-and-burn agriculture damage fire-resistant...
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    natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems...
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    (Attic ἕως heôs) τρυφώματα tryphômata whatever are fed or nursed, children, cattle (Attic thremmata) ὑετίς huetis jug, amphora Tarentine (Attic hydris, hydria)(huetos...
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  • Domestication of sheep in Southwest Asia (followed shortly by pigs, goats and cattle) 9500 BC – 9000 BC: Oldest known surviving building – Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey...
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    commonplace, so their invention may be more ancient. By the 1st century AD, cattle and horses were used in mills, driving machines similar to those powered...
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  • multiplication in the following way: The multiplicand is repeated like a string for cattle, as often as there are integrant portions in the multiplier and is repeatedly...
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    sheep. Sheep keep the grass dense and compact the soil, in contrast to cattle. At about the same time as the building of dikes the first swamps were made...
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  • Approach to the Basic Problem, in which he stated that: Detection and studies of extraterrestrial civilizations constitute a problem of immense significance...
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    with vines, part with olives and other productive trees. Beyond these, cattle and sheep were pastured on the plains, and there were meadows with grazing...
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    a nature film. Oxford Scientific Films Unit shows how it tackles such problems as filming a wood wasp laying its eggs inside trees, the hatching of a...
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    Leo Africanus, there were abundant supplies of locally produced grain, cattle, milk and butter, though there were neither gardens nor orchards surrounding...
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    Encyclopedia (2007). algebra Stillwell, 72–73 Pickover, Clifford (2008). Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them. Oxford University...
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  • the Gaul Luguselwa. Apollo's Cattle – The sacred cattle herd of Apollo. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, Apollo's Cattle were seen at the Triple G Ranch...
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    modern Albertville they encountered the Centrones, who brought gifts and cattle for the troops. In addition, they brought hostages in order to convince...
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    of "artificial cements", because they required more lime in the mix (a problem for his father), a much higher kiln temperature (and therefore more fuel)...
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    Mesoamericans used natural rubber for balls, bands, and figurines. Treated cattle horns were used as windows for lanterns in the Middle Ages.[citation needed]...
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  • Caribbean-influenced American South, especially New Orleans. Local transport is by cattle- or troll-powered paddleboats with onboard gambling. The local witch, Erzulie...
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