Archimedes' Cattle Problem/Mistake
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Source Work
1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers:
- The Dictionary
- $4,729,494$
1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):
- The Dictionary
- $4,729,494$
Mistake
- ... in this case the total number of cattle is a number of $206,545$ digits, starting $7766 \ldots$
According to other sources, the number in fact starts $7760271 \ldots$
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $4,729,494$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $4,729,494$