An ancient formula is astoundingly accurate. Why didn’t we learn this in school?

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Babylonian tablet YBC 7289
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Babylonian numerals
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Babylonian Method of Computing the Square Root, Olga Kosheleva
https://www.cs.utep.edu/vladik/2009/o…
A 3D-print of ancient history
https://ipch.yale.edu/news-events/3d-…
tecmath video square root
• Square root of ANY number instantly – shor…
Square Root Approximations in Old Babylonian Mathematics: YBC 7289 in Context, David Fowler, Eleanor Robson
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
Math! Science! History! It Didn’t Belong to Pythagoras
• MATH! SCIENCE! HISTORY! It Didn’t Belong t…

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