Spengler and Mathematics in a Mesopotamian Mirror

DOI10.1007/978-3-658-14041-0_8zbMath1451.03006OpenAlexW2792969680MaRDI QIDQ4611500

Jens Høyrup

Publication date: 18 January 2019

Published in: Oswald Spenglers Kulturmorphologie (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Mesopotamian mathematicsSpengler

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) General histories, source books (01A05) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) Ethnomathematics (general) (01A07)

Cites Work

• On a Collection of Geometrical Riddles and their Role in the Shaping of Four to Six “Algebras”
• Lengths, widths, surfaces. A portrait of Old Babylonian algebra and its kin
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