Ancient Babylonian Algorithms

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The early origins of mathematics are discussed, emphasizing those aspects which seem to be of greatest interest from the standpoint of computer science. A number of old Babylonian tablets, many of which have never before been translated into English, are quoted. © 1972, ACM. All rights reserved.

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Knuth, D. E. (1972). Ancient Babylonian Algorithms. Communications of the ACM, 15(7), 671–677. https://doi.org/10.1145/361454.361514

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