Ancient Babylonian algorithms

DOI10.1145/361454.361514zbMath0245.68010OpenAlexW2056936467WikidataQ30051633 ScholiaQ30051633MaRDI QIDQ5657654

Donald E. Knuth

Publication date: 1972

Published in: Communications of the ACM (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/361454.361514

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of computer science (68-03) Algorithms in computer science (68W99) History of mathematics of the indigenous cultures of Europe (pre-Greek, etc.) (01A15)

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