References for Babylonian mathematics

  1. A Aaboe, Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics (1964).
  2. A E Berriman, The Babylonian quadratic equation, Math. Gaz. 40 (1956), 185-192.
  3. J K Bidwell, A Babylonian geometrical algebra, College Math. J. 17 (1) (1986), 22-31.
  4. J Friberg, Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triples, and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations, Historia Mathematica 8 (1981), 277-318.
  5. J Friberg, Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. II : An old Babylonian catalogue text with equations for squares and circles, J. Cuneiform Stud. 33 (1) (1981), 57-64.
  6. R J Gillings and C L Hamblin, Babylonian sexagesimal reciprocal tables, Austral. J. Sci. 27 (1964), 139-141.
  7. J Hoyrup, Babylonian mathematics, in I Grattan-Guinness (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences (London, 1994), 21-29.
  8. D E Knuth, Ancient Babylonian algorithms, Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Association for Computing Machinery. Comm. ACM 15 (7) (1972), 671-677.
  9. M Linton, Babylonian triples, Bull. Inst. Math. Appl. 24 (3-4) (1988), 37-41.
  10. K Muroi, The expressions of zero and of squaring in the Babylonian mathematical text VAT 7537, Historia Sci. (2) 1 (1) (1991), 59-62.
  11. K Muroi, Extraction of cube roots in Babylonian mathematics, Centaurus 31 (3-4) (1988), 181-188.
  12. O Neugebauer and A Sachs, Mathematical Cuneiform Texts (New Haven, CT., 1945).
  13. A J Sachs, Babylonian mathematical texts. I : Reciprocals of regular sexagesimal numbers, J. Cuneiform Studies 1 (1947), 219-240.
  14. G Sarton, Remarks on the study of Babylonian mathematics, Isis 31 (1940), 398-404.
  15. T Viola, On the list of Pythagorean triples ("Plimpton 322") and on a possible use of it in old Babylonian mathematics (Italian), Boll. Storia Sci. Mat. 1 (2) (1981), 103-132.
  16. B L van der Waerden, Science Awakening (Groningen, 1954).
  17. B L van der Waerden, Geometry and Algebra in Ancient Civilizations (New York, 1983).
  18. B L van der Waerden, On pre-Babylonian mathematics. I, Archive for History of Exact Sciences 23 (1) (1980/81), 1-25.
  19. B L van der Waerden, On pre-Babylonian mathematics. II, Archive for History of Exact Sciences 23 (1) (1980/81), 27-46.
  20. I Yaglom, Number systems : Mayans, Romans, Babylonians - lend us your calculators, Quantum 5 (6) (1995), 23-27.

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