Unexpected links between Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics /:

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...

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1. Verfasser: Friberg, Jöran
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2005.
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Zusammenfassung: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 resource (xii, 294 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and indexes.
ISBN:9812701125
9789812701121
9789812563286
9812563288
1281881287
9781281881281
9786611881283
661188128X

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