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1. Two curious mathematical cuneiform texts from old Babylonian Mari. 1.1. A fanciful interpretation of a geometric progression. 1.2. Another curious mathematical text from OB Mari -- 2. Hieratic mathematical papyri and cuneiform mathematical texts. 2.1. Themes in P. Rhind, a la…
Mesopotamian mathematics is known from a great number of cuneiform texts, most of them Old Babylonian, some Late Babylonian or pre-Old-Babylonian, and has been intensively studied during the last couple of decades. In contrast to this Egyptian mathematics is known from only a sm…