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Weighing Stones in Ancient Mesopotamia

✍ Scribed by Duncan J. Melville

Book ID
102569674
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
86 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0315-0860

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✦ Synopsis

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) L'ancienne tablette mathématique babylonienne YBC 4652 contient une série de problèmes avec leurs réponses. Dans cet article, nous proposons une procédure pour déterminer les solutions de ces problèmes et considérons la démarche pédagogique sous-jacente aux mathématiques. C 2002 Elsevier Science (USA) MSC 1991 subject classification: 01A17.

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