Lengths, Widths, Surfaces
Title | Lengths, Widths, Surfaces PDF eBook |
Author | Jens Høyrup |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 2013-04-17 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1475736851 |
In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens Høyrup proposes that the traditional interpretation must be rejected. The texts turn out to speak not of pure numbers, but of the dimensions and areas of rectangles and other measurable geometrical magnitudes, often serving as representatives of other magnitudes (prices, workdays, etc...), much as pure numbers represent concrete magnitudes in modern applied algebra. Moreover, the geometrical procedures are seen to be reasoned to the same extent as the solutions of modern equation algebra, though not built on any explicit deductive structure.
Lengths, widths, surfaces : a portrait of Old Babylonian algebra and its kin
Title | Lengths, widths, surfaces : a portrait of Old Babylonian algebra and its kin PDF eBook |
Author | Jens Høyrup |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 434 |
Release | 1999 |
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Title | Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 642 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
The Twentieth Century Mould Book
Title | The Twentieth Century Mould Book PDF eBook |
Author | Dentists' Supply Co. of New York |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 166 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Prosthodontics |
ISBN |
New York Teachers' Monographs
Title | New York Teachers' Monographs PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 554 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Records of the Geological Survey of India
Title | Records of the Geological Survey of India PDF eBook |
Author | Geological Survey of India |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 326 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | Earthquakes |
ISBN |
Includes the "Annual report of the Geological Survey of India," 1867-
Railway Locomotives and Cars
Title | Railway Locomotives and Cars PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 602 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Railroad engineering |
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