The Babylonian theorem. The mathematical journey to Pythagoras and Euclid

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Authors Peter S. Rudman

Publication date 5 May 2010

zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian mathematicsEuclidGreek mathematicsEgyptian mathematicsAlgebraPythagoras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Recreational mathematics (00A08)

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