Yuste, Piedad (2005) Estudio geométrico de AO 17264. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 20 (1). pp. 45-67. ISSN 2171-679X

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Abstract

Con la ayuda de un diagrama y aplicando la fórmula del agrimensor, los matemáticos de la Antigua Babilonia descubrieron un método sencillo y elegante de bisecar figuras trapezoidales. En este trabajo intenta-remos demostrar, únicamente como conjetura, que en el “Problema de los Seis hermanos” - Tablilla AO 17264 - se pudo haber manejado este mismo procedimiento, aunque ampliado y generalizado.

The Mathematicians of the Old Babylonian Period, with the aid of a diagram and applying the surveyor formula, discovered a simple and smart method to bisect trapezoidal figures. In this paper, we will try to demonstrate, only as a conjecture, that in the Problem of Six Brothers, Tablet AO 17264, it could be used the same procedure, although extended and generalized.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Yuste, Piedad pyuste@bec.uned.es
Additional Information:	ISSN: 0495-4548 (print)
Keywords:	Matemática babilónica, Tablilla AO 17264, Problema de los seis hermanos, Tablilla YBC 4675, Geome-tría Antigua, Partición de trapecios, Trapecios bisecados, Babylonian Mathematics, Tablet AO 17264, Problem of the Six Brothers, Tablet YBC 4675, Ancient Geometry, Trape-zoidal Partition, Bisectable Trapezia
Depositing User:	Users 15304 not found.
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2014 17:52
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2014 17:52
Item ID:	10490
Journal or Publication Title:	THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
Publisher:	Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco
Official URL:	http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1387/theoria.577
Date:	January 2005
Page Range:	pp. 45-67
Volume:	20
Number:	1
ISSN:	2171-679X
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10490

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