Book:Alcuin of York/Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes

Alcuin of York: Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes

Published $\text {c. 800}$
In English:

Problems to Sharpen the Young

Subject Matter

• Recreational Mathematics

Contents

• A collection of $53$ problems in recreational mathematics

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Also see

• Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems

Historical Note

It is not known for certain who actually wrote Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes, but Alcuin of York is a distinct possibility.

$\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ takes the view that it is better to attribute it to somebody than leave its authorship completely anonymous, and Alcuin of York is as good a guess as any.

It first appeared in approximately the $9$th century.

The versions provided here are taken from the translation by John Hadley, with commentary provided by David Singmaster and John Hadley, in its $1992$ publication.

Sources

• Mar. 1992: John Hadley/2 and David Singmaster: Problems to Sharpen the Young (Math. Gazette Vol. 76, no. 475: pp. 102 – 126)  www.jstor.org/stable/3620384
• 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): 'Propositions to Sharpen Up the Young'