References for Babylonian and Egyptian 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. E M Bruins, Egyptian arithmetic, Janus 68 (1-3) (1981), 33-52.
  5. A B Chace, L S Bull, H P Manning and R C Archibald, The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (Oberlin, Ohio, 1927-29).
  6. J Friberg, Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triples, and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations, Historia Mathematica 8 (1981), 277-318.
  7. 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.
  8. P Gerdes, Three alternate methods of obtaining the ancient Egyptian formula for the area of a circle, Historia Mathematica 12 (3) (1985), 261-268.
  9. R J Gillings, Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs (Cambridge, MA., 1982).
  10. R J Gillings, The Recto of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus and the Egyptian mathematical leather roll, Historia Mathematica 6 (4) (1979), 442-447.
  11. R J Gillings, The Egyptian 2/3 table for fractions : The Rhind mathematical papyrus (B.M. 10057-8), Austral. J. Sci. 22 (1959), 247-250.
  12. R J Gillings and C L Hamblin, Babylonian sexagesimal reciprocal tables, Austral. J. Sci. 27 (1964), 139-141.
  13. J Hoyrup, Babylonian mathematics, in I Grattan-Guinness (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences (London, 1994), 21-29.
  14. D E Knuth, Ancient Babylonian algorithms, Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Association for Computing Machinery. Comm. ACM 15 (7) (1972), 671-677.
  15. M Linton, Babylonian triples, Bull. Inst. Math. Appl. 24 (3-4) (1988), 37-41.
  16. K Muroi, The expressions of zero and of squaring in the Babylonian mathematical text VAT 7537, Historia Sci. (2) 1 (1) (1991), 59-62.
  17. K Muroi, Extraction of cube roots in Babylonian mathematics, Centaurus 31 (3-4) (1988), 181-188.
  18. O Neugebauer and A Sachs, Mathematical Cuneiform Texts (New Haven, CT., 1945).
  19. C S Rees, Egyptian fractions, Math. Chronicle 10 (1-2) (1981), 13-30.
  20. C S Roero, Egyptian mathematics, in I Grattan-Guinness (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences (London, 1994), 30-45.
  21. A J Sachs, Babylonian mathematical texts. I : Reciprocals of regular sexagesimal numbers, J. Cuneiform Studies 1 (1947), 219-240.
  22. G Sarton, Remarks on the study of Babylonian mathematics, Isis 31 (1940), 398-404.
  23. G J Toomer, Mathematics and Astronomy, in J R Harris (ed.), The Legacy of Egypt (Oxford, 1971), 27-54.
  24. 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.
  25. B L van der Waerden, Science Awakening (Groningen, 1954).
  26. B L van der Waerden, Geometry and Algebra in Ancient Civilizations (New York, 1983).
  27. B L van der Waerden, On pre-Babylonian mathematics. I, Archive for History of Exact Sciences 23 (1) (1980/81), 1-25.
  28. B L van der Waerden, On pre-Babylonian mathematics. II, Archive for History of Exact Sciences 23 (1) (1980/81), 27-46.
  29. I Yaglom, Number systems : Mayans, Romans, Babylonians - lend us your calculators, Quantum 5 (6) (1995), 23-27.

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