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Mesopotamia 1800 Bce
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Mesopotamia, 1800 BCE - Princeton University
assets.press.princeton.eduMesopotamia, 1800 BCE 9 an example, the first line shows the entries b = 1,59 and c = 2,49, which rep-resent the numbers 1× 60 + 59 = 119 and 2× 60 + 49 = 169. A quick calcu-lation gives us the other side as hence (119, 120, 169) is a Pythagorean triple. Again, in the third line we read
Introduction to the History of Mathematics
people.uncw.eduEgypt - 3100 BCE Mesopotamia (Babylonia, Sumer) - 2100 BCE China 1600 BCE India 1200 BCE Arithmetic, Geometry, No proofs Problems were practical or recreational Figure 1: Babylonian tablet - Base 60 History of Math R. L. Herman Fall 2020 3/18