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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seidenberg, A.
Format: Print Article
In:Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Year: 1965, Volume: 2/5, Pages: 436-440
KeiBi Identifier:29:1049
Description
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.