Ancient 3700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet contains the first evidence of trigonometry dating much earlier than Ancient Greeks' efforts

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Legend

Aug 25, 2017, 02:12 AM
Ancient 3700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet contains the first evidence of trigonometry dating much earlier than Ancient Greeks' efforts : science

Also has this video which makes me extremely skeptical of their findings. None of this is impressive by modern standards like the video states. Literally will have zero impact on surveying, computers, or education.

the-pi-guy

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Aug 25, 2017, 10:30 AM
That video was really lame.  

Who knew base 60 was so amazing?/s

the-pi-guy

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Aug 25, 2017, 02:18 PM
So apparently one of the authors doesn't believe in irrational numbers.  

Legend

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Aug 25, 2017, 02:21 PM
Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 25, 2017, 02:18 PMSo apparently one of the authors doesn't believe in irrational numbers.  
Well that's irrational  ::)

How is that even possible though? Irrational numbers have proofs to prove them.

the-pi-guy

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Aug 25, 2017, 02:42 PM
Quote from: Legend on Aug 25, 2017, 02:21 PMWell that's irrational  ::)

How is that even possible though? Irrational numbers have proofs to prove them.
I just read it on r/math.  

I found this.

Difficulties with real numbers – njwildberger: tangential thoughts

Legend

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Aug 25, 2017, 02:57 PM Last Edit: Aug 25, 2017, 03:00 PM by Legend
Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 25, 2017, 02:42 PMI just read it on r/math.  

I found this.

Difficulties with real numbers – njwildberger: tangential thoughts

Oh boy.

Also the original thread was removed.


It's interesting though to see how many people jumped into that r/science thread to parrot what the video stated without actually understanding it. So much misinformation about base 60 was being spread.

edt: In which modern trigonometry is inaccurate because it deals with angles. : badmathematics

the-pi-guy

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Aug 25, 2017, 03:19 PM
Quote from: Legend on Aug 25, 2017, 02:57 PMOh boy.

Also the original thread was removed.

A lot of people say "he's a nutjob".

Apparently he makes tons of videos and while some of it has some pretty well presented math.  He also claims that there are all sorts of problems with the real numbers, he apparently never gets into what those are.  (Despite having well over 200 videos. And most of them are actually pretty lengthy. Like 40-50 minutes lengthy at times.  And the shorter ones are around 20 minutes.).
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