Cubic equations of Babylonian mathematics

2019/05/14 by Kazuo Muroi, Muroi, Kazuo
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Mathematics · #Ancient Near East History #History and Theory of Mathematics #Logic, programming, and type systems #math.HO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1905.08034

arxiv created 2019/05/14 · arxiv updated 2019/05/21

Abstract

In this paper I shall clarify three cubic equations of Babylonian mathematics, whose solutions have not been fully explained; BM 85200, no.6 and no.7, and YBC 4669 B2.

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