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Quasi-algebraic Geometry

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Lengths, Widths, Surfaces

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The texts that were presented in Chapters III and V should give a comprehensive view of that part of Old Babylonian mathematics that can somehow be regarded as “algebraic”.

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Høyrup, J. (2002). Quasi-algebraic Geometry. In: Lengths, Widths, Surfaces. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3685-4_6

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