Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triples, and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations
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Publication:1158134
DOI10.1016/0315-0860(81)90069-0zbMath0472.01002OpenAlexW1583423133WikidataQ55897770 ScholiaQ55897770MaRDI QIDQ1158134
Publication date: 1981
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(81)90069-0
History of number theory (11-03) History of geometry (51-03) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)
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