1. Weighing Stones in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Melville, Duncan J.
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WEIGHTS & measures , *HISTORY of mathematics , *PROBLEM solving , *HISTORY - Abstract
The Old Babylonian mathematical tablet YBC 4652 contains a series of related problems stated together with their answers. In this paper, we propose a procedure for determining the solutions to these problems and consider the pedagogy underlying the mathematics. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).L'ancienne tablette mathe´matique babylonienne YBC 4652 contient une se´rie de proble`mes avec leurs re´ponses. Dans cet article, nous proposons une proce´dure pour de´terminer les solutions de ces proble`mes et conside´rons la de´marche pe´dagogique sous-jacente aux mathe´matiques. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).MSC 1991 subject classification: 01A17. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2002
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