An alternative to the Pythagorean rule? Reevaluating problem 1 of cuneiform tablet BM 34 568

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2007.11.001zbMath1153.01007OpenAlexW2067332483WikidataQ114172707 ScholiaQ114172707MaRDI QIDQ950253

Carlos H. B. Gonçalves

Publication date: 22 October 2008

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2007.11.001

zbMATH Keywords

Pythagorean triplesPlimpton 322historiography of mathematicsBabyloniaBM 34 568MesopotamiaSeleucid period

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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