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72.9 Summation of factorial series by the Egyptians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Philip Holgate
Philip Holgate*
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Department of Statistics, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 72 , Issue 459 , March 1988 , pp. 41 - 43
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1988

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