A hypothetical history of Old Babylonian mathematics: places, passages, stages, development

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Authors Jens Høyrup

Publication date 10 November 2014

Published in Gaṇita-Bhāratī (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

historiographyBabylonian mathematicsOld Babylonian mathematicsscribal schools

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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