what is plimpton 322?

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what is plimpton 322?

2006-12-18 07:14:53 · 2 answers · asked by jOhAn 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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That's a clay tablet believed to be written by the Babylonians about 1800 BCE, it lists pythagorean triples, that is, whole number solutions a b and c to the relation
a^2 + b^2 + c^2

2006-12-18 07:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

look into this wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimpton_322

2006-12-18 15:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by PaD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋