Bisectable Trapezia in Babylonian Mathematics

DOI10.1111/J.1600-0498.1990.TB00718.XMaRDI QIDQ5753897zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lis Brack-Bernsen, Olaf Schmidt

Publication date 1990

Published in Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1990.tb00718.x

zbMATH Keywords

bisection of trapeziaKassite tablet AO 17264trisectability of a trapezium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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