An alternative to the Pythagorean rule? Reevaluating problem 1 of cuneiform tablet BM 34 568
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instance of: scholarly article
title: An alternative to the Pythagorean rule? Reevaluating problem 1 of cuneiform tablet BM 34 568
zbMATH Open document ID: 1153.01007
author: Carlos H. B. Gonçalves
published in: Historia Mathematica
publication date: 2008-10-22T00:00:00Z
review text: Die Keilschrifttafel BM 34568 aus der Seleukidenzeit enthält als erstes Problem die Aufgabe, die Diagonale eines Rechtecks aus den Seitenlängen zu bestimmen. Zwei verschiedene Lösungswege werden angeboten, und zwar nicht, wie üblich, Rückgriffe auf den Satz des Pythagoras, sondern jeweils eine lineare Relation. Verf. präsentiert zwei Vorschläge, woher diese ungewöhnlichen Lösungsansätze stammen könnten.
reviewed by: Karl-Bernhard Gundlach
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A17
zbMATH DE Number: 5355759
zbMATH Keywords: Babylonia
zbMATH Keywords: Mesopotamia
zbMATH Keywords: Seleucid period
zbMATH Keywords: Pythagorean triples
zbMATH Keywords: BM 34 568
zbMATH Keywords: Plimpton 322
zbMATH Keywords: historiography of mathematics
MaRDI profile type: Publication
Wikidata QID: Q114172707
full work available at URL: j.hm.2007.11.001
OpenAlex ID: W2067332483
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DOI: 10.1016/J.HM.2007.11.001
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5355759