Timeline for History of powers beyond squares and cubes
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| Nov 23, 2021 at 8:03 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
http -> https (the question was bumped anyway)
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| Oct 27, 2018 at 2:47 | comment | added | Mark S | This is a great question and a great answer, although I wonder if there's a better translation for "ear of corn" which, presumably, were unknown to the ancient Egyptians. I've heard "grain of barley..." | |
| Sep 19, 2014 at 22:58 | vote | accept | Joseph O'Rourke | ||
| Sep 19, 2014 at 22:58 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | This may not be the definitive answer, but it is quite suggestive and informative. And so I accept it. Thanks! | |
| Sep 19, 2014 at 21:31 | history | edited | Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 196 characters in body
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| Sep 19, 2014 at 11:05 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | $7^5$---Nice catch! | |
| Sep 19, 2014 at 3:58 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | That is a nice example of repeating an operation; it would also be interesting, when powers were perceived as "the next" operation in the sequence of addition as repeated increments by 1 and, multiplication as repeated additions of the same number. | |
| Sep 19, 2014 at 1:45 | history | answered | Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |