Author: Jens HøyrupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Lengths, widths, surfaces : a portrait of Old Babylonian algebra and its kin
Author: Jens HøyrupLengths, Widths, Surfaces
Author: Jens HøyrupPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475736851
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens Høyrup proposes that the traditional interpretation must be rejected. The texts turn out to speak not of pure numbers, but of the dimensions and areas of rectangles and other measurable geometrical magnitudes, often serving as representatives of other magnitudes (prices, workdays, etc...), much as pure numbers represent concrete magnitudes in modern applied algebra. Moreover, the geometrical procedures are seen to be reasoned to the same extent as the solutions of modern equation algebra, though not built on any explicit deductive structure.
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Author: The Twentieth Century Mould Book
Author: Dentists' Supply Co. of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prosthodontics
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
New York Teachers' Monographs
Author: Records of the Geological Survey of India
Author: Geological Survey of IndiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Includes the "Annual report of the Geological Survey of India," 1867-
Railway Locomotives and Cars
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Collected papers
Author: Oliver Perry HayPhilippine Agriculturist and Forester
Author: Surfaces and their Measurement
Author: David J. WhitehousePublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080518230
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The importance of surface metrology has long been acknowledged in manufacturing and mechanical engineering, but has now gained growing recognition in an expanding number of new applications in fields such as semiconductors, electronics and optics. Metrology is the scientific study of measurement, and surface metrology is the study of the measurement of rough surfaces. In this book, Professor David Whitehouse, an internationally acknowledged subject expert, covers the wide range of theory and practice, including the use of new methods of instrumentation. · Written by one of the world's leading metrologists · Covers electronics and optics applications as well as mechanical · Written for mechanical and manufacturing engineers, tribologists and precision engineers in industry and academia