Lengths, widths, surfaces : a portrait of old Babylonian algebra and its kin / Jens Hoyrup.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Springer, c2002.
Descrizione fisica:
XIV, 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. Introduction 2. A new reading 3. Select textual examples 4. Methods 5. Further algebraic texts 6. Quasi-algebraic geometry 7. Old Babylonian algebra: a global characterization 8. The historical framework 9. The finer structure of the old Babylonian corpus 10. The origin and transformations of old Babyloninan algebra 11. Repercussions and influences. Abbreviations and bibliography. Index of tablets. Index of Akkadian and Sumarian terms and key phrases. Name index. Subject index
