Unexpected links between Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics:
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1. Verfasser: Friberg, Jöran 1934- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific c2005
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-294) and indexes
Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Two Curious Mathematical Cuneiform Texts from Old Babylonian Mari; Chapter 2 Hieratic Mathematical Papyri and Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; Chapter 3 Demotic Mathematical Papyri and Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; Chapter 4 Greek-Egyptian Mathematical Documents and Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; New Thoughts About the History of Ancient Mathematics; Index of Texts; Index of Subjects; Bibliography
Mesopotamian mathematics is known from a great number of cuneiform texts, most of them Old Babylonian, some Late Babylonian or pre-Old-Babylonian, and has been intensively studied during the last couple of decades. In contrast to this Egyptian mathematics is known from only a small number of papyrus texts, and the few books and papers that have been written about Egyptian mathematical papyri have mostly reiterated the same old presentations and interpretations of the texts. In this book, it is shown that the methods developed by the author for the close study of mathematical cuneiform texts ca
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 294 p.)
ISBN:1281881287
9781281881281
9789812563286
9789812701121
9812563288
9812701125

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