Small numerical variations in a set of similar problems from Nippur on the area of the square
DOI10.1016/J.HM.2021.07.004zbMATH Open1495.01008OpenAlexW3201578589MaRDI QIDQ2118258FDOQ2118258
Authors: Charlotte de Varent 
Publication date: 22 March 2022
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2021.07.004
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