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Babylonian Trigonometry

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(@rich-leu)
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3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet rewrites the history of maths

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 12:17 pm
(@rankin_file)
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[SARCASM]PRE -EFF but still not as hard as surveying in Texas[/SARCASM]

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 12:44 pm
(@norm-larson)
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as long as it doesn't support common core

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 12:51 pm
(@deleted-user)
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Nice!
Thanks for posting.

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 1:23 pm
(@paden-cash)
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...so basically it's really the Plimptonian Theorum and NOT the Pythagorean theorem...wow...(head explosion)....

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 1:29 pm
(@loyal)
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OH! Babylonian Trigonometry...very cool.

At first glance I thought it said Babblonian (Babble + Baloney) Trigonometry, as in the super complex equations used to solve Metes & Bounds Descriptions in Texas.

😉
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Posted : 24/08/2017 2:00 pm
(@dave-lindell)
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As I read it, it shows how to climb over a fence.

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 3:05 pm
(@rankin_file)
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I thought it said, "use the Gate before you end up killing yourself"

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 3:07 pm
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Posted : 24/08/2017 3:39 pm
(@geeoddmike)
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Reminds me of the question, is mathematics developed or discovered? Consider that Leibniz and Newton discovered the Calculus independently.

Given the issues involved, they had the attention of many societies interested in solving practical problems.

My take,

DMM

 
Posted : 24/08/2017 4:25 pm