In search of mathematical treasures: David Eugene Smith and George Arthur Plimpton

DOI10.1006/hmat.1998.2203zbMath0918.01016OpenAlexW2088471502WikidataQ29039719 ScholiaQ29039719MaRDI QIDQ1282316

Eileen F. Donoghue

Publication date: 27 April 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1998.2203

zbMATH Keywords

D. E. SmithG. A. PlimptonPlimpton collection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) General histories, source books (01A05)

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Cites Work

• Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triples, and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations
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