Ahmes

When1:  -1650

Who:    Ahmes

What:   mathematician

Where:  Fayum, Egypt

works\  Rhind papyrus or Ahmes Papyrus [-1650]

Detail: He lived -1680 to -1620, solved practical architecture problems, calculated astronomical events, and used simple interest, compound interest, principal, and rate. Multiplication is repeated doubling, and division is repeated halving.

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