The Sixty System of Sumer
communicated by В. L. van der Waerden; The Sumerian number system … appears to be a cross between a quinary-vigesimal system and a decimal system with the vigesimal dominating up to the base 60.
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Format: | Print Article |
In: | Archive for History of Exact Sciences Year: 1965, Volume: 2/5, Pages: 436-440 |
KeiBi Identifier: | 29:1049 |
Summary: | communicated by В. L. van der Waerden; The Sumerian number system … appears to be a cross between a quinary-vigesimal system and a decimal system with the vigesimal dominating up to the base 60. |
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