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method of false position

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Also known as: method of false assumption

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Egyptian mathematics

In mathematics: The numeral system and arithmetic operations
…called the method of “false position” or “false assumption”) is familiar in many other arithmetic traditions (e.g., the Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, and Renaissance European), although they appear to have no direct link to the Egyptian.
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