Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: a reassessment of Plimpton 322
<p>Ancient mathematical texts and artefacts, if we are to understand them fully, must be viewed in the light of their mathematico-historical context, and not treated as artificial, self-contained creations in the style of detective stories. I take as a dramatic case study the famous cuneiform...
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Elsevier
2001
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