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Pretty mind boggling that there were Babylonians solving simultaneous equations, and people knew Gaussian elimination in 3rd century BC China. I wonder if the s
by joe__f 4y ago
Pretty mind boggling that there were Babylonians solving simultaneous equations, and people knew Gaussian elimination in 3rd century BC China. I wonder if the simultaneous equations were actually used to guide any decisions made by Babylonian government
- thechao 4y agoThere were Sumerians solving differential equations at least 3700 years ago. Irving Finkel has a wonderful book about this: "The Ark Before Noah".
- selimthegrim 4y agoIs this the part in the book where they calculate the shape?
- whatshisface 4y agoDifference equations, not differential equations.