The sexagesimal place-value system inside and outside texts

Christine Proust

doi:10.35305/cl.vi20.81

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Christine Proust Laboratoire SPHERE, CNRS - Université de Paris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/cl.vi20.81

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notación sexagesimal de valor posicional, Mesopotamia, balance de cuentas, número marginal, dispositivo de cálculo

Resumen

Este artículo propone una contribución a la reflexión sobre la invención de la notación del valor posicional sexagesimal, una forma de representar números que estaba en la base de las llamadas matemáticas “babilónicas” (textos matemáticos escritos en escritura cuneiforme en el Antiguo Cercano Oriente desde el III al I milenio a. C.). La historia de la notación del valor posicional sexagesimal ya ha sido objeto de numerosos estudios. Se propone aquí arrojar algo de luz sobre esta cuestión no solo examinando los textos, sino también teniendo en cuenta el entorno de los mismos: ¿qué sucede fuera del texto mismo? ¿Cuáles son las actividades que acompañan al acto de escribir?

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