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* 1650 BC&nbsp;– [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]], copy of a lost scroll from around 1850 BC, the scribe [[Ahmes]] presents one of the first known approx *The earliest recorded use of [[combinatorial]] techniques comes from problem 79 of the [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus|Rhind papyrus]] which dates ...