On Old Babylonian mathematical terminology and its transformations in the mathematics of later periods

DOI10.32381/GB.2018.40.01.3MaRDI QIDQ5132850zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jens Høyrup

Publication date 12 November 2020

Published in GANITA BHARATI (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.32381/gb.2018.40.01.3

zbMATH Keywords

continuitymathematical terminologyMesopotamian mathematicsOld Babylonian mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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