Small numerical variations in a set of similar problems from Nippur on the area of the square

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2021.07.004zbMath1495.01008OpenAlexW3201578589MaRDI QIDQ2118258

Charlotte de Varent

Publication date: 22 March 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2021.07.004

zbMATH Keywords

metrologyarea of a squareNippurold-Babylonianseries of school exercises

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History in mathematics education (97A30) Measures and units (educational aspects) (97F70) Area and volume (educational aspects) (97G30)

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