Friday, September 16, 2016

Explore Ahmes 2/n table RMP and Akhmin n/17 table with 'Proper Fractions'

This summer, by accident I developed the 'Proper Fractions' app. (Pr.Fr. Amazon)



I was developing a new version of the 'Equivalent Fractions' But the development has been stopped for unknown reasons.
This left on my hands a circle, a square and a number line of fractions, all of them interactive.


Surprisingly for me, it proved to be very useful for exploring in unit fractions.
One issue that concerned me since I developed "Old Egyptian Fractions" for Mathcats.
I decided to do some videos to show it. It is a collection in a YouTube Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo4AMY8jDHYZbDL_FIAAeA6qkY3-X-oDC


The main videos in the list:
"Explore The Ahmes 2/p table of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus": 




Explore the Akhmim n/17 Table:





Proper Fractions It is a tool that can be useful in solving problems of Egyptian fractions:
Like the MathCats game:
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/oldegyptianfractions/index.html

More on Egyptian Fractions:
References:
Milo Gardner:
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=5527254
Egyptian Unit Fractions:
http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath340/kmath340.htm


I have only to add as a thank you: 
All this would not have been possible without the help and support of: +Milo Gardner (cryptanalyst)

Registered in MathTools (MathForum) http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/272979/