Talk:Egyptian multiplication and division

The talk page is open. Please post your concerns. A July 27-29, 2009 conference on this topic is being held in Mainz, Germany (http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1916972&tstart=0). The link is provided for those that are unfamiliar with about 100 years of translation issues that have adversely effected the correct readings of the Egyptian mathematical texts.

Mostly irrelevant?
I strongly support the proposed merge with Egyptian multiplication. This article has serious problems. The current text reads more like an article on "History of modern understanding of Egyptian multiplication and division", written for scholars of Egyptian mathematics (which would not be notable in my opinion), than an article on "Egyptian multiplication and division", written for the general Wikipedia public. The article should stick to describing how Egyptians multiplied and divided. Moreover, the lack of inline citations suggests a significant amount of original research. Unfortunately, I lack to expertise to edit the article myself. — Jeﬀ Erickson (talk) 21:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)