World's Oldest Trigonometry table

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World's Oldest Trigonometry table

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1Taphophile13
Aug 25, 2017, 3:39 pm

Did the Mesopotamians discover trigonometry before the Greeks?

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-mathematical-mystery-ancient-babylonian-clay.html

2Macumbeira
Aug 26, 2017, 12:25 am

love that !

3stellarexplorer
Aug 27, 2017, 10:47 am

Apparently yes

Fantastic!