Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics

5-33, fig. 1.1-1.8: Babylonian Mathematics: 1.1 Sources; 1.2 The Babylonian Number System. A Multiplication Table; 1.3 The Babylonian Number System. A Table of Reciprocals; 1.4 Positional Number Systems; 1.5 Babylonian Arithmetic; 1.6 Three Babylonian Mathematical Texts; 1.7 Summary.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aaboe, Asger
Format: Print Book
In:New Mathematical Library
Year: 1964
Published: New York 1964
KeiBi Identifier:26:1
All Reviews:Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Subjects 20 (New Haven, Conn. 1965) 184-185 (D. T. Whiteside)
Mathematical Reviews 28 (Providence, R.I., 1964) 576, no. 2956 (K. Vogel)
Science 144/3619 (Washington, D.C. 1964) 726 (С. В. Вoyer)
Description
Summary:5-33, fig. 1.1-1.8: Babylonian Mathematics: 1.1 Sources; 1.2 The Babylonian Number System. A Multiplication Table; 1.3 The Babylonian Number System. A Table of Reciprocals; 1.4 Positional Number Systems; 1.5 Babylonian Arithmetic; 1.6 Three Babylonian Mathematical Texts; 1.7 Summary.