Weighing stones in ancient Mesopotamia

DOI10.1006/hmat.2001.2328zbMath1006.01001OpenAlexW1983621781MaRDI QIDQ1604654

Duncan J. Melville

Publication date: 8 July 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.2001.2328

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmsfalse positionold Babylonian mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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