Mathematical mystery of ancient Babylonian clay tablet solved

Could Babylonian base-60 maths be about to make a comeback? The tablet has been dated to between 1822 and 1762 BC and is based on Pythagorean triples, as Phys.org reports. It uses ‘a novel kind of trigonometry based on ratios, not angles and circles’. UNSW Sydney scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700-year … Continue reading Mathematical mystery of ancient Babylonian clay tablet solved