Mathematicians Crack Mystery of Babylonian Clay Tablet ‘Plimpton 322’ | Archaeology, Mathematics | Sci-News.com

Plimpton 322, the most famous of Old Babylonian tablets (1900-1600 BC), is the world’s oldest trigonometric table, possibly used by Babylonian scholars to calculate how to construct stepped pyramids, palaces and temples, according to a duo of researchers from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Plimpton 322, a 3,700-year-old Baby

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"@saitamakita 長年に渡り数学者を悩ませ続けた3,700年前の古代バビロニアの粘土板『プリンプトン322』の使用目的がついに判明 階段状のピラミッド、宮殿および寺院をどのよ…" via https://twitter.com/saitamakita/status/901784958741528576