Lengths, widths, surfaces. A portrait of Old Babylonian algebra and its kin
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Publication date: 17 February 2002
Published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)
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