How the estimate of \(\sqrt{2}\) on YBC 7289 may have been calculated

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2022.08.002OpenAlexW4307170831MaRDI QIDQ2697613

D. J. Buckle

Publication date: 12 April 2023

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2022.08.002

zbMATH Keywords

reciprocalregular numbersquare root of twoBabylonian methodYBC 7289

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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