Weighing stones in ancient Mesopotamia

被引：3

作者：

Melville, DJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] St Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY 13617 USA

来源：

HISTORIA MATHEMATICA | 2002年 / 29卷 / 01期

关键词：

Old Babylonian mathematics; false position; substitution; algorithms;

D O I：

10.1006/hmat.2001.2328

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

The Old Babylonian mathematical tablet YBC 4652 contains a series of related problems stated together with their answers. In this paper, we propose a procedure for determining the solutions to these problems and consider the pedagogy underlying the mathematics. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).

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