Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/51 - De Vino in Vasculis a Quodam Patre Distributo/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes by Alcuin of York: Problem $51$: De Vino in Vasculis a Quodam Patre Distributo
John Hadley points out that "the solution is hardly more enlightening than the problem."
It may be intended that some shifting of the wine is to happen.
Sources
- c. 800: Alcuin of York: Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes
- 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