Article ID: CBB000102557

On a Collection of Geometrical Riddles and their Role in the Shaping of Four to Six “Algebras” (2001)

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Description On a set of quasi-algebraic riddles that appear to have circulated among Near Eastern practical geometers since c. 2000 BCE, and which inspired first the so-called “algebra” of the Old Babylonian scribal school and later the geometry of Elements II.


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Authors & Contributors
Yusta, Piedad
Mode,
Zhao, Jiwei
Wang, Peng-yun
Vitrac, Bernard
Siebert, Harald
Concepts
Mathematics
Geometry
Transmission of texts
Algebra
Tablets; papyri
Algorithms
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
19th century
Places
Middle and Near East
Mesopotamia
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Mediterranean region
Europe
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