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72.9 Summation of factorial series by the Egyptians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Philip Holgate*
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX

Abstract

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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1988

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