One Hundred Fowls/Historical Note

Historical Note on One Hundred Fowls

This is one of the earliest known example of this kind of problem, dating back as it does to the $5$th century.

However, it is predated by the example in the Bakhshali Manuscript, if that does indeed date from the $3$rd century, as is possible.

Sources

• 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Sun Tsu Suan Ching