Square root approximations in Old Babylonian mathematics: YBC 7289 in context

DOI10.1006/hmat.1998.2209zbMath0917.01005OpenAlexW1999739625WikidataQ54244032 ScholiaQ54244032MaRDI QIDQ1282317

Eleanor Robson, D. H. Fowler

Publication date: 2 August 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1998.2209

zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian square root approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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