Strassburg tablet
The Strassburg tablet, dating to c. 1800 BCE, is the oldest instance of algebra that has been found. The Strassburg tablet is often claimed to be the historical beginning point of algebra. The Strassburg tablet is a Babylonian tablet that was recently discovered.
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The Strassburg tablet among other things asks the question:[1] "An area A consisting of the sum of two squares is 1000. The side of one square is 10 less than two-thirds of the side of the other square. What are the sides of the square?"
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References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2012-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- "History of Algebra Timeline".
- Archibald, Raymond Clare (1 January 1936). "Babylonian Mathematics". Isis. 26 (1): 63–81. doi:10.1086/347127. JSTOR 225054.
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