Further Mathematical Texts from Old Babylonian Mê-Turran (Tell Haddad)
Book chapter, 2016
Only the last theree lines of the solution algorithm in this exercies are (partly) preserved. Without the missing context, the object of the exercise cannot be decided, not even conjectured. Without further context, the translation of line 4´ is very uncertain.
Quadratic Equation
Mathematical Text
Quadratic Problem
Solution Procedure
Lower Length
Author
Jöran Friberg
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences
Farouk N.H. Al-Rawi
SOAS University of London
Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
21968810 (ISSN) 21968829 (eISSN)
213-268Subject Categories
Computational Mathematics
Computer Science
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-44597-7_6