Plimpton 322 is Babylonian exact sexagesimal trigonometry

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2017.08.001zbMath1416.01002OpenAlexW2749845445WikidataQ56429494 ScholiaQ56429494MaRDI QIDQ1678024

Daniel F. Mansfield, Norman J. Wildberger

Publication date: 14 November 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2017.08.001

zbMATH Keywords

tabletPythagorean triplestrigonometryPlimpton 322old Babylonian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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