![]() A comparative examination of the medieval feast and xraxčanakans reveals that Širakaci’ changed the principle of the Greek symposium (which he was obviously well acquainted with) with the details of the Armenian feast, giving to his problems feast name and appearance in order to spread mathematical knowledge in Armenia. ![]() They must have presented a serious challenge even if the respondent tried to solve them in a fully sober state. It should be noted that the essence of the xraxčanakans is only arithmetical there are no mysterious-allegorical or formal-logical problems, and two of the xraxčanakans (second, fifth) are no less complex than Širakaci’s Mathematical Problems. It is noteworthy that the purely arithmetic part of the three xraxčanakans is composed on the theme of a feast and wine, which makes it possible to compose a certain idea about the atmosphere of the feast. ![]() Unlike other arithmetic problems by Širakac‘i, the xraxčanakans are accompanied by special instruction-advices: when, where and how to use them, what behavior to display. The Xraxčanakankʻ of Anania Širakac‘i is a small collection of arithmetic problems (for now, we can confidently talk about six xraxčanakans) which are united by the theme of the feast. ![]()
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