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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 294 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9812701125 9789812701121 9789812563286 9812563288 1281881287 9781281881281 9786611881283 661188128X |