Template:Did you know nominations/YBC 7289

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:54, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

YBC 7289[edit]

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... that the sexagesimal approximation to the square root of 2 used by Babylonian tablet YBC 7289 appeared again much later in Ptolemy's Almagest? Source: Pederson 2011 "we find 1 ; 24,51,10 which is precisely equal to the value of √2 known from Babylonian mathematics, in particular from the tablet YBC 7289"

Reviewed: Caroline Brady (philologist)

Converted from a redirect by David Eppstein (talk). Self-nominated at 03:15, 26 October 2017 (UTC).

New enough. Long enough. Good hook, reflected in the inline citations. Well-cited throughout. NPOV. Earwig and spot checking shows it to be free of close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations or plagiarism. QPQ done. No issues. Edwardx (talk) 13:19, 27 October 2017 (UTC)