And because so many people seem to think that we are the time period that was really up on science and math (sorry for the sloppy formatting--don't know how to make it look right):
The first known solution of a quadratic equation is the one given in the Berlin papyrus from the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2160-1700 BC) in Egypt. This problem reduces to solving
x^2+y^2 = 100
y = 3/4x
| | Ari (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1){kind=small} argent93) wrote, |
Because this is so cool
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