Mesopotamian Mathematics 2100-1600 BC
Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education
Series: Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts; XIV;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 May 1999
- ISBN 9780198152460
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages350 pages
- Size 308x229x19 mm
- Weight 982 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures 0
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Short description:
This book contains a study of the technical constants found in Old Babylonian mathematics 4000 years ago - the earliest `pure' mathematics in history. Their origins are traced to earlier accounting and administrative practices, and are used to examine aspects of mathematics education in early Mesopotamia.
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Mathematics was integral to Mesopotamian scribal culture: indeed, writing was invented towards the end of the fourth millennium BC for the express purpose of recording numerical information. By the beginning of the second millennium the earliest known body of 'pure' mathematics was one of the key elements of scribal training, and is thus pivotal to our understanding of the educational practices and intellectual history of ancient Mesopotamia.
The main body of this book is a mathematical and philological discussion of the two hundred technical constants, or `coefficients', found in early second millennium mathematics. Their names and mathematical functions are established, leading to improved interpretations of several large mathematical topics. The origins of many coefficients - and much of the more practical mathematics - are traced to late third millennium accounting and quantity surveying practices. Finally, the coefficients are used to examine some aspects of mathematics education in early Mesopotamia.
The book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of Old Babylonian mathematics and its role in real life.
