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One of the most astonishing documents in the history of mathematics is a clay tablet in the Columbia University collection of Babylonian artifacts. Known as Plimpton 322, it dates from around 1800 B.c. and contains the two columns of numbers in Figure 4.1.
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Stillwell, J. (1998). Rational Points. In: Numbers and Geometry. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0687-3_4
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