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The Cattle-problem

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2012

Abstract

The chapter deals with the Cattle Problem ascribed to Archimedes of Syracuse, which has come down to us in the form of a poem. The chapter contains a detailed mathematical analysis of the problem, the history of its discovery, as well as attempts to solve it.

At the end there is a source code for a complete solution in Mathematica.