New blog post “Did Ahmes find the best expansions for 2/n?”. I discuss the table of Egyptian fraction expansions of 2/n in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, and whether it contains mistakes. I bravely conclude that I am not sure.

https://blog.plover.com/math/egyptian-fractions-2.html

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