Sunday, June 13, 2021

Roots a la Knott

 Traditional abacus square and cube roots as explained by Cargill G. Knott

I have just uploaded a first draft of my own elaboration on the traditional methods described by Knott for obtaining roots. Focusing mainly on cube roots, I offer several examples including obtaining four digits extending to 7-8 on a 13-rod abacus as anticipated in a previous post. I hope to finish writing it over the next few days.


You can see a preview in jccAbacus Web.

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