This relationship is captured in many ancient works of art such as the Parthenon of Greece, the Pyramids, and also in more recent works like Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. ... The intricate geometry and style of Gothic churches, Greek buildings, and Egyptian pyramids are but a brief look at the imaginative use of ancient mathematical knowledge (Aslaken). ...

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Calculating volumes and areas, the basic function of integral calculus, can be traced back to the Egyptian Moscow papyrus (c. 1800 BC), in which an Egyptian successfully calculated the volume of a pyramidal frustum. ...

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