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Extraction of Square Roots in Babylonian Mathematics (1999)

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Authors & Contributors
Høyrup, Jens
Muroi, Kazuo
Yusta, Piedad
Middeke-Conlin, Robert
Zhao, Jiwei
Wang, Peng-yun
Journals
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Theoria (0495-4548)
Science in Context
Publishers
Springer International Publishing
Springer
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Mathematics
Algebra
Geometry
Astronomy
Primary literature (historical sources)
Sexagesimal system
People
Euclid
Diophantos of Alexandria
Time Periods
Ancient
Places
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Greece
India
Larsa
Egypt
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