Book:Tablet/BM 13901

Tablet BM $13901$

Tablet BM $13901$ is one of the clay tablets from the Old Babylonian period.

Contents

Mathematical text about quadratic equations.

Examples

I have added up seven times the side of my square and eleven times the area, [getting] $6; 15$ [that is, $6 \dfrac 1 4$ in modern notation].

The numbers here are base $60$.

Sources

• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $4$: Lure of the Unknown: Equations