Square root approximations in Old Babylonian mathematics: YBC 7289 in context
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Publication:1282317
DOI10.1006/hmat.1998.2209zbMath0917.01005OpenAlexW1999739625WikidataQ54244032 ScholiaQ54244032MaRDI QIDQ1282317
Publication date: 2 August 1999
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1998.2209
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