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Babylonian's had trigonometry down


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"It is generally accepted that trigonometry was developed by the ancient Greeks studying the night sky in the second century BCE," Mansfield says. "But the Babylonians developed their own alternative 'proto-trigonometry' to solve problems related to measuring the ground, not the sky."

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/3700-year-old-babylonian-clay-tablet-upends-history-of-mathematics/ar-AAMWWev?ocid=hplocalnews&li=AAggNb9

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@Harte should check their math. They may not of had it right. :huh:

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It's a long list of Pythagorean Triples. Must have either invented a way to find said triples, or found them by trial and error - I don't know which it was because I'd need to investigate this and it sickens me to read articles claiming this is trigonometry.

It's not.

Harte

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45 minutes ago, Harte said:

It's a long list of Pythagorean Triples. Must have either invented a way to find said triples, or found them by trial and error - I don't know which it was because I'd need to investigate this and it sickens me to read articles claiming this is trigonometry.

It's not.

Harte

From 2017:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/dont-fall-for-babylonian-trigonometry-hype/

 

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1 hour ago, Eldorado said:

 

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