Ahmes

Egyptian scribe and mathematician (1680BC-1620BC)

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Also known as Ahmose

Born: 1660 BCE
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1.Stated in MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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Died: 1620 BCE
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1.Stated in MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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Birthplace: Ancient Egypt
, Egypt
Place of death: Ancient Egypt
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
Occupation: scribe
, mathematician
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Sources
1.www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Ahmes.html
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Notable work: Rhind Mathematical Papyrus

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Ahmes was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He transcribed the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a work of ancient Egyptian mathematics that dates to approximately 1550 BC; he is the earliest contributor to mathematics whose name is known. Ahmes claimed not to be the writer of the work but rather just the scribe. He claimed the material came from an even older document from around 2000 B.C.

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Rhind Mathematical Papyrus-160 · example of ancient Egyptian mathematics

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Sex or gender: male

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