An alternative to the Pythagorean rule? Reevaluating problem 1 of cuneiform tablet BM 34 568
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Publication:950253
DOI10.1016/j.hm.2007.11.001zbMath1153.01007WikidataQ114172707 ScholiaQ114172707MaRDI QIDQ950253
Publication date: 22 October 2008
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2007.11.001
Pythagorean triples; Plimpton 322; historiography of mathematics; Babylonia; BM 34 568; Mesopotamia; Seleucid period
01A17: History of Babylonian mathematics
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