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Old Babylonian Mathematics and Plimpton 322 - The World's First Exact Trigonometric Table

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The video presents a theory that Plimpton 322 was an exact, ratio-based trigonometric table. It explains how Old Babylonian scribes used triangle side ratios to find related ratios without calculating square roots.

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Old Babylonian mathematics and Plimpton 322: A new understanding of the OB tablet Plimpton 322

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