St. Ives Problem/Historical Note/Mistake
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Source Work
1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers:
- The Dictionary
- $7$
1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):
- The Dictionary
- $7$
Mistake
- Pierce comments that it seems to be of the same origin as the House that Jack Built, and that Leonardo uses the same numbers as Ahmes and makes his calculations in the same way.
Correction
The Pierce being referred to here is a misspelling of Charles Sanders Peirce.
Sources
- 1951: Carolyn Eisele: The Liber Abaci through the Eyes of Charles S. Peirce (Scripta Math. Vol. 17: pp. 236 – 259)
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $7$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $7$