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Mathematics and Cultures Across the Chessboard: The Wheat and Chessboard Problem (2019)

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This chapter is an introduction to the wheat and chessboard problem and the interplay between chess and mathematics in the several authors and cultural contexts that have inherited, faced, and modified this problem, ranging from Antiquity to the Renaissance, considering a selection of Arabic, Persian, Greek, Latin, Italian, Romance, and Germanic sources.

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Authors & Contributors
Barbin, Évelyne
Bo, Fang-zhen
Bretelle-Establet, Florence
Décaillot, Anne-Marie
Galison, Peter
Gispert, Hélène
Journals
Foundations of Science
Almagest
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Historia Mathematica
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Publishers
Springer
Harvard University
New York University
Walker
Marquette University
Concepts
Mathematics
Transmission of ideas
Chess
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Physics
People
al-Mas'udi, Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn al-Husain
Beddoes, Thomas
Darwin, Erasmus
Descartes, René
Edgeworth, Maria
Galilei, Galileo
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Medieval
20th century, early
21st century
13th century
Places
China
Great Britain
Paris (France)
Ottoman Empire
Europe
Germany
Institutions
Association française pour l'avancement des sciences
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