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I don't think there is one. At least from what I can gather, this isn't quite a proof that the diagonal of a unit square has length √2. The tablet tells us tha
by aneesh 18y ago
I don't think there is one. At least from what I can gather, this isn't quite a proof that the diagonal of a unit square has length √2. The tablet tells us that the Babylonians knew the length was √2, but it doesn't tell us how they knew, or how they could prove they were right.