That link leads to quite the interesting story.?ÿ Being 1000 years older than Pythagoras certainly opens up some questions, doesn't it?
Very cool!
??The discovery and analysis of the tablet have important implications for the history of mathematics,? Dr Mansfield says. ??For instance, this is over a thousand years before Pythagoras was born.?
I agree ?????ÿ
Here??s a release directly from UNSW. The web page design is somewhat annoying, but it??s the closest-to-the-source offering that I??ve found so far, and it includes additional information. Note the part about a Babylonian dispute regarding trees along a property boundary ?? beautiful! ????
The video near the end of the web page consists of snippets about other ancient, cadastral tablets in collections around the world; it??s worth viewing, to see that Si.427 isn??t a one-off thing.
https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/australian-mathematician-reveals-oldest-applied-geometry
Seriously doubt the county recorder would accept that font size for recording
Not signed by a reviewer.?ÿ Refuse to file.
I suppose, if we think that a 3-4-5 triangle was only known after Pythagoras. He is just the guy that wrote it down, explained it, and we found his writing.
I operate under the assumption that the first generation of humans figured out quite a bit. Anything else is just hubris.
probably why it is broken...the recorder threw it on the floor and said, "Try again!"
My guess for the mystery numbers on the back: Volume and page number.
It's a plat!!
Easier to decipher than some of the contemporary plats done around here.
Dang tablet ran out of power and I can't find the hole to stick the charger into or an outlet to plug the other end of the charger into.
