Author | Hรธyrup, Jens. author |
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Title | Lengths, Widths, Surfaces [electronic resource] : A Portrait of Old Babylonian Algebra and Its Kin / by Jens Hรธyrup |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3685-4 |
Descript | XIV, 462 p. online resource |
I Introduction -- II A New Reading -- III Select Textual Examples -- IV Methods -- V Further โ{128}{156}Algebraicโ{128}{157} Texts -- VI Quasi-Algebraic Geometry -- VII Old Babylonian โ{128}{156}Algebraโ{128}{157}: A Global Characterization -- VIII The Historical Framework -- IX The โ{128}{156}Finer Structureโ{128}{157} of the Old Babylonian Corpus -- X The Origin and Transformations of Old Babylonian Algebra -- XI Repercussions and Influences -- Abbreviations and Bibliography -- Index of Tablets -- Index of Akkadian and Sumerian Terms and Key Phrases -- Name Index