Explorations and False Trails

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<p><b>Jens Egede Høyrup</b>, born in 1943 in Copenhagen, is a Danish historian of mathematics, specializing in pre-modern and early modern mathematics, ancient Mesopotamian mathematics and the abbacus tradition in particular. He is especially known for his interpretation of what has often been referred to as Old Babylonian "algebra" as consisting of concrete, geometric manipulations.</p><p> </p><p></p>

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