Timeline for how sophisticated was Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics compared to the Greeks
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| Nov 1, 2017 at 13:26 | comment | added | sand1 | The reapraisal of Babylonian mathematics is fairly recent; reviewing E. Robson's Mathematics in Ancien Iraq (2008) AJones notes: not one page of this book could have been written a generation ago. (@ Ermenko) Outdated opinions should not inconditionally trump recent resarch. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 20:24 | comment | added | user4281 | but could one argue that the Babylonians influenced Greek mathematics the most of any other pre-greek civilization, Alexandre? | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 19:48 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | And neither Euclid nor Archimedes had access to Plimpton 322. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 19:47 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | If you have ever studied mathematics in school or university, you studied mathematics of Euclid and Archimedes, not Plimpton 322 mathematics. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 19:17 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | Any mathematician or historian of mathematics will strongly disagree that Greek and Babylonian mathematics were "on par", or even remotely comparable. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 17:22 | comment | added | user4281 | so essentially the Babylonians were equal to the Greeks...The Egyptians not as much? | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 16:48 | history | answered | sand1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |