Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/46 - De Sacculo ab Homine Invento/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes by Alcuin of York: Problem $46$: De Sacculo ab Homine Invento
David Singmaster refers to similar problems by Mahaviracharya and al-Karkhi.
He also references The Bloom of Thymarides, given by both Diophantus and Iamblichus, still to be investigated by $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.
He also suggests that it is related to $16$: De Duobus Hominibus Boves Ducentibus, classified as a Donkey and Mule problem, but the structure of that and this are considerably different.
Sources
- 1992: John Hadley/2 and David Singmaster: Problems to Sharpen the Young (Math. Gazette Vol. 76, no. 475: pp. 102 – 126) www.jstor.org/stable/3620384