Definition:Heap Problem/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Heap Problem
Heap problems can be found dating from as long ago as in the Rhind Papyrus.
The Epitaph of Diophantus is a similar problem.
It was a popular type of problem in Ancient Greece.
Sources
- 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