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Lengths Widths Surfaces A Portrait Of Old Babylonian Algebra And Its Kin 1st Edition Jens Hyrup

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Publisher: Springer

File Extension: PDF

File size: 16.17 MB

Pages: 238

Author: Jens Høyrup

ISBN: 9780387953038, 0387953035

Language: English

Year: 2002

Edition: 1

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Lengths Widths Surfaces A Portrait Of Old Babylonian Algebra And Its Kin 1st Edition Jens Hyrup by Jens Høyrup 9780387953038, 0387953035 instant download after payment.

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.