Babylonian Number System/Examples/12,59;57,17
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Examples of Numbers represented in the Babylonian Number System
The number represented in the Babylonian number system as:
- $12,59;57,17$
is represented in decimal as:
- $12 \times 60 + 59 + \dfrac {57} {60} + \dfrac {17} {60 \times 60} \approx 779 \cdotp 955$
Sources
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Tokens, Tallies and Tablets: Symbols for small numbers