The antecedents of Old Babylonian place notation and the early history of Babylonian mathematics

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(76)90071-9zbMath0357.01001OpenAlexW2053965135MaRDI QIDQ1237700

Marvin A. jun. Powell

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(76)90071-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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