Article ID: CBB000933617

Estudio geométrico de AO 17264 (2005)

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The Mathematicians of the Old Babylonian Period, with the aid of a diagram and applying the surveyor formula, discov-ered a simple and smart method to bisect trapezoidal figures. In this paper, we will try to demonstrate, only as a conjecture, that in the Problem of Six Brothers, Tablet AO 17264, it could be used the same procedure, although extended and general-ized. Keywords: Babylonian Mathematics, Tablet AO 17264, Problem of the Six Brothers, Tablet YBC 4675, Ancient Geometry, Trape-zoidal Partition, Bisectable Trapezia.

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Authors & Contributors
Yusta, Piedad
Verderame, Lorenzo
Steele, John M.
Proust, Christine
Zhao, Jiwei
Wang, Peng-yun
Journals
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Vesalius
Science in Context
Publishers
Università di Messina, Dipartimento di scienze dell'antichità
Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes Georges-Dumezil
de Gruyter
Concepts
Tablets; papyri
Mathematics
Geometry
Astronomy
Primary literature (historical sources)
Algorithms
People
Euclid
Time Periods
Ancient
Places
Middle and Near East
Mesopotamia
Babylon (extinct city)
Sumer
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