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In this chapter we shall look at a larger range of “algebraic” texts - in part occupying entire tablets, in part single problems drawn from longer compositions, but in all cases texts which permit us to see new facets of Old Babylonian “algebraic” thought.
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Høyrup, J. (2002). Further “Algebraic” Texts. 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_5
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