On a Collection of Geometrical Riddles and their Role in the Shaping of Four to Six “Algebras”

DOI10.1017/S0269889701000047zbMath1193.01005MaRDI QIDQ3525865

Jens Høyrup

Publication date: 19 September 2008

Published in: Science in Context (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) General histories, source books (01A05) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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