02965nam 22006734a 450 991096178940332120251116174028.0978661188128397812818812811281881287978981270112198127011259789812563286(CKB)1000000000334292(EBL)296272(OCoLC)476064719(SSID)ssj0000264911(PQKBManifestationID)11205328(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264911(PQKBWorkID)10292821(PQKB)11286630(MiAaPQ)EBC296272(WSP)00000745 (Au-PeEL)EBL296272(CaPaEBR)ebr10173918(CaONFJC)MIL188128(Perlego)850155(EXLCZ)99100000000033429220060327d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnexpected links between Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics /Joran Friberg1st ed.Hackensack, N.J. World Scientificc20051 online resource (308 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9789812563286 9812563288 Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-294) and indexes.Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Two Curious Mathematical Cuneiform Texts from Old Babylonian Mari; Chapter 2 Hieratic Mathematical Papyri and Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; Chapter 3 Demotic Mathematical Papyri and Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; Chapter 4 Greek-Egyptian Mathematical Documents and Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; New Thoughts About the History of Ancient Mathematics; Index of Texts; Index of Subjects; BibliographyMesopotamian mathematics is known from a great number of cuneiform texts, most of them Old Babylonian, some Late Babylonian or pre-Old-Babylonian, and has been intensively studied during the last couple of decades. In contrast to this Egyptian mathematics is known from only a small number of papyrus texts, and the few books and papers that have been written about Egyptian mathematical papyri have mostly reiterated the same old presentations and interpretations of the texts. In this book, it is shown that the methods developed by the author for the close study of mathematical cuneiform texts caMathematics, AncientMathematics, BabylonianMathematics, EgyptianMathematics, Ancient.Mathematics, Babylonian.Mathematics, Egyptian.510.932Friberg Jöran756005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961789403321Unexpected links between Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics4534403UNINA