The Problems

Barbara Moss, Cynthia Hay and Graham Flegg

Chapter Chapter 6 in Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician, 1985, pp 197-233 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Collections of mathematical problems, ranging from straightforward calculations in fancy dress to purely logical brainteasers, have a long history, and played a prominent role in the transmission of mathematical culture throughout the Middle Ages. From a tenth-century manuscript, sometimes attributed to Bede or to Alcuin, with the titlePropositiones ad aouendos juvenes, to the best—known of the early published collections, the Problemes Plaisans et Delectables of Bachet de Meziriac (1612), the same puzzles are repeated time and again. Many of them predate Alcuin by centuries, and some are still found in popular paperbacks.

Keywords: Special Rule; Arithmetic Progression; Algebraic Method; Traditional Problem; Marginal Note (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6502-7_6

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