InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 22 May 2013 05:35:36 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1033381-356-1.aspx&lt;math history lesson&gt;The Romans used look up tables for multiplication and division; their system was too ugly for simple algorithms like we have. Later European used look up tables for Egyptian fractions before we had decimals. (An Egyptian fraction is a sum of unit fractions 3/4 = (1/2 + 1/4), and the goal was to use teh smallest number of unit fractions to express a quantity). &lt;\math history lesson&gt;Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:20:26 GMTCELKOhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1033381-356-1.aspxComments posted to this topic are about the item [B]<A HREF="/articles/T-SQL+Challenges/71420/">TSQL Challenge 45 - Evaluate mathematical expressions presented using </A>[/B]Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:04:06 GMTjacob sebastian