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Babylonian Mathematical Texts I. Reciprocals of Regular Sexagesimal Numbers

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DOI10.2307/1359434zbMath1368.01017OpenAlexW2315488780WikidataQ56912910 ScholiaQ56912910MaRDI QIDQ5348081

Abraham Sachs

Publication date: 13 August 2017

Published in: Journal of Cuneiform Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1359434


zbMATH Keywords

multiplication tablesreciprocalsdivisionsexagesimal numbersstandard table of reciprocals


Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)


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