Ancient Babylonian algorithms

  • Authors:
  • Donald E. Knuth

  • Affiliations:
  • Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1972

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Abstract

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.