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The language of mathematics: the case of cuneiform texts

05 apr 2017 18:30 - 20:00
Universitat de Barcelona
Facultat de Filologia
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585
08007 Barcelona
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Lecture by Carlos Gonçalves (Paris IAS fellow)

Presentation

Numbers, measurements and calculations were extremely common in the cuneiform culture. Besides their presence in the so-called strictly mathematical texts, numbers, measurements and calculations were also constitutive of texts of loan contracts, real state transactions and tribute collection, to mention only these examples. In this talk, I will present some aspects of the mathematical language that characterise this rich corpus.

Mathematics in Administrative and Economic Practices in Ancient Mesopotamia
01 October 2016 - 30 June 2017
6073
05 Apr 2017 20:00
Carlos Gonçalves
No
9482
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Antiquity (3500 BCE – 476 CE)
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