Subject: [HM] Division of Stakes
From: David Kullman (kullmade@casmail.muohio.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2000 - 12:58:51 EST
Dear HM List Members:
Pacioli, _Summa_ (1494), may have been the first mathematician
to publish a solution (incorrect) to the problem of "fair division of
stakes." Cardano, _Practica arithmeticae generalis_ (1539), and
Tartaglia, _Tratto generale di numeri e misure_ (1556), criticized
Pacioli's solution and offered their own (also incorrect) solutions.
Can anybody supply an English translation of the passages from
Pacioli, Cardano, and/or Tartaglia that pertain to this problem (or
else point to a readily available English source)?
Thank you,
David Kullman
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
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