Nguồn ngoài
Algebra in Cuneiform
An introduction to so-called “Babylonian algebra” that explains its geometrical foundation.
- Tác giả
- Jens Høyrup
- Nhà xuất bản
- Roskilde University
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
- Danh mục
- Khoa học cơ bản
Mục lục· 53 mục
- 01: Introduction- The Issue and Some Necessary Tools
- 1.01: Useless mathematics
- 1.02: The First Algebra and the First Interpretation
- 1.03: A New Reading
- 1.04: Concerning the Texts and the Translations
- 1.05: Footnotes
- 02: Techniques for the First Degree
- 2.01: TMS XVI 1
- 2.02: TMS VII 2
- 2.03: Footnotes
- 03: The Fundamental Techniques for the Second Degree
- 3.01: New Page
- 3.02: New Page
- 3.03: New Page
- 3.04: New Page
- 3.05: New Page
- 3.06: New Page
- 3.07: New Page
- 04: Complex Second-degree Problems
- 4.01: New Page
- 4.02: New Page
- 4.03: New Page
- 4.04: New Page
- 4.05: New Page
- 4.06: New Page
- 4.07: New Page
- 4.08: New Page
- 4.09: New Page
- 05: Application of Quasi-algebraic Techniques to Geometry
- 5.01: New Page
- 5.02: New Page
- 5.03: New Page
- 5.04: New Page
- 06: General Characteristics
- 6.01: Drawings
- 6.02: Algebra
- 6.03: Footnotes
- 07: The Background
- 7.01: The Scribe School
- 7.02: The First Purpose- Training Numerical Calculation
- 7.03: The Second Purpose- Professional Pride
- 7.04: Footnotes
- 08: Origin and Heritage
- 8.01: The Origin- Surveyors Riddles
- 8.02: The Heritage
- 8.03: Footnotes
- 09: A Moral
- 10: Appedices
- 10.01: Appendix A- Problems for the Reader
- 10.02: Appendix B- Transliterated Texts
- 11: Bibliographical Note
- 11.1: Bibliographical Note
- 11.2: Footnotes