Plimpton 322 : A Universal Cuneiform Table for Old Babylonian Mathematicians, Builders, Surveyors and Teachers

DOI10.1515/TMMP-2016-0027MaRDI QIDQ2970265zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rudolf Hajossy

Publication date 29 March 2017

Published in Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/tmmp-2016-0027

zbMATH Keywords

compilationerrorsOld Babylonian cuneiform tabletPlimpton 322Pythagorean theorem and tripletssexagesimal numbersusers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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