Archimedes' Cattle Problem: Greek Text Bull The Cattle Problem
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Statement of the Cattle Problem scanned from the manuscript in which Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81) discovered it. Lessing transcribed the problem and published his results in 1773.
Codex Guelf. 77 Gud. graec. (Folios 415-416)
Courtesy of the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel.