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Weighing Stones in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Historia Mathematica . Feb2002, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p1. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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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]
- Subjects :
- *WEIGHTS & measures
*HISTORY of mathematics
*PROBLEM solving
*HISTORY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03150860
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Historia Mathematica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8501593
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.2001.2328