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  1. Algebra and Geometry in the Old Babylonian Period: Matters Concerning Reeds.Piedad Yuste - 2005 - Centaurus 47 (4):298-315.
    One of the mathematical topics examined in the Old Babylonian period consisted of calculating the size of a reed which was used to measure either a longitude or the perimeter of a rectangle or trapezium. These subjects were solved, probably, applying the geometric construction called completing the square. In this paper, we analyse the problem texts on the tablets AO 6770 (5), Str 368, VAT 7532, and VAT 7535.
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  • Changing Trends in the Historiography of Mesopotamian Mathematics: An Insider's View.Jens Høyrup - 1996 - History of Science 34 (1):1-32.
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  • (1 other version)Estudio geométrico de AO 17264 (geometric study of tablet AO 17264).Piedad Yuste - 2005 - Theoria 20 (1):45-67.
    Con la ayuda de un diagrama y aplicando la formula del agrimensor, los matemáticos de la Antigua Babilonia descubrieron un método sencillo y elegante de bisecar figuras trapezoidales. En este trabajo intentaremos demostrar, únicamente como conjetura, que en el “Problema de los Seis hermanos” - Tablilla AO 17264 - se pudo haber manejado este mismo procedimiento, aunque ampliado y generalizado.The Mathematicians of the Old Babylonian Period, with the aid of a diagram and applying the surveyor formula, discovered a simple and (...)
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