Amazing Traces Of A Babylonian Origin In Greek Mathematics
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Amazing Traces Of A Babylonian Origin In Greek Mathematics

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ISBN-13:
9789812708847
Veröffentl:
2007
Seiten:
496
Autor:
Joran Friberg
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

A sequel to Unexpected Links Between Egyptian and Babylonian Mathematics (World Scientific, 2005), this book is based on the author's intensive and ground breaking studies of the long history of Mesopotamian mathematics, from the late 4th to the late 1st millennium BC. It is argued in the book that several of the most famous Greek mathematicians appear to have been familiar with various aspects of Babylonian âmetric algebra,â a convenient name for an elaborate combination of geometry, metrology, and quadratic equations that is known from both Babylonian and pre-Babylonian mathematical clay tablets.The book's use of âmetric algebra diagramsâ in the Babylonian style, where the side lengths and areas of geometric figures are explicitly indicated, instead of wholly abstract âlettered diagramsâ in the Greek style, is essential for an improved understanding of many interesting propositions and constructions in Greek mathematical works. The author's comparisons with Babylonian mathematics also lead to new answers to some important open questions in the history of Greek mathematics.

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