One Hundred Fowls/Historical Note
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Historical Note on One Hundred Fowls
This is one of the earliest known example of this kind of problem, dating back as it does to the $5$th century.
However, it is predated by the example in the Bakhshali Manuscript, if that does indeed date from the $3$rd century, as is possible.
Sources
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Sun Tsu Suan Ching