Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/35 - De Obitu Cuiusdam Patrisfamilias/Historical Note

== Historical Note on by : Problem $35$: De Obitu Cuiusdam Patrisfamilias == discusses the general testament problem in his of $1925$.

He explains this type of problem and its legal origins in the law of the Roman Empire.

Commentators have argued that 's solution shows that he does not understand the law.

's take on this refers back to the "original translator", who suggests adding the original fractions they expected.

Thus we have:
 * $\dfrac 3 4 + \dfrac 7 {12} + \dfrac 1 3$ (which was the mother's average expectation) for a total of $\dfrac 5 3$.

Multiplying their original expectations by $\dfrac 3 5$, this leaves:
 * the mother with $432$ shillings
 * the boy with $336$ shillings
 * the girl with $192$ shillings.