Unexpected links between Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Jöran Friberg

• Autore: Friberg Jöran
• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 510.932
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics, Ancient; Mathematics, Babylonian; Mathematics, Egyptian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-294) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Mesopotamian 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 ca
• Titolo autorizzato: Unexpected links between Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics
• ISBN: 1-281-88128-7; 9786611881283; 981-270-112-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783924703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II