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The multi-cultural origins of mathematics

Keep taking the tablets


Many thousands of surviving mathematical clay tablets provide much information about Mesopotamian mathematics - but what mathematics did they do, and why is it relevant to us today? In contrast, although the Egyptian pyramids provide us with an impressive primary source, only a handful of mathematical papyri survive. What do they contain, and what influence did they have?


Speaker(s):

Professor Robin Wilson | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

6 October 2004 at 6:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Gresham College
Barnard's Inn Hall
Holborn
London
EC1N 2HH
+44 20 78 31 05 75
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

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