Mathematical tablets from Tell Harmal

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-22524-1MaRDI QIDQ495629zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlos H. B. Gonçalves

Publication date 14 September 2015

Published in Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22524-1

zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian mathematicscuneiformsexagesimal system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75) General reference works (handbooks, dictionaries, bibliographies, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-00)

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