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The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world. They have masterpieces, art, and artifacts from many different time periods and places - including the old Babylonian empire. I know the Babylonians best for their mathematics, and the Louvre possesses a tablet (Tablet AO6770) that contains a math problem concerning compound interest. Today we solve the problem using modern methods and the linear interpolation method used by the Babylonians on the tablet, which is dated around 1700BC. #maths #mathematics #ancientmathematics
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Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
SOURCES
e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor
The Emergence of Compound Interest by C. G. Lewin
Compound Interest Doubling Time Rule:
Extensions and Examples from Antiquities by Saad Taha Bakir
plus.maths.org/content/have-we-caught-your-interest
https://museums.eu/museum/details/702/louvre-museum
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010167452
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_interpolation
0:00 Intro
2:05 The Tablet
3:03 mathshion
3:56 Modern Solution
5:02 Logarithms
8:16 Babylonian Solution
12:07 How it Looked
13:07 Conclusion
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The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world. They have masterpieces, art, and artifacts from many different time periods and places - including the old Babylonian empire. I know the Babylonians best for their mathematics, and the Louvre possesses a tablet (Tablet AO6770) that contains a math problem concerning compound interest. Today we solve the problem using modern methods and the linear interpolation method used by the Babylonians on the tablet, which is dated around 1700BC. #maths #mathematics #ancientmathematics
More Math Chats: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxXQDmPmSOwXSU9vOHgty1RO
Business Inquiries: wrathofmathlessons@gmail.com
Textbooks I Like!
Graph Theory: amzn.to/3JHQtZj
Real Analysis: amzn.to/3CMdgjI
Abstract Algebra: amzn.to/3IjoZaO
Linear Algebra: amzn.to/43xAWEz
Calculus: amzn.to/3PieD1M
Proofs and Set Theory: amzn.to/367VBXP (available for free online)
Statistics: amzn.to/4d5HbUQ
Discrete Math: amzn.to/3qfhoUn
Number Theory: amzn.to/3JqpOQd
Outro music: youtube.com/shorts/tfifiSdTZRg
Follow Wrath of Math on...
● Instagram: instagram.com/wrathofmathedu
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Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
SOURCES
e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor
The Emergence of Compound Interest by C. G. Lewin
Compound Interest Doubling Time Rule:
Extensions and Examples from Antiquities by Saad Taha Bakir
plus.maths.org/content/have-we-caught-your-interest
https://museums.eu/museum/details/702/louvre-museum
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010167452
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_interpolation
0:00 Intro
2:05 The Tablet
3:03 mathshion
3:56 Modern Solution
5:02 Logarithms
8:16 Babylonian Solution
12:07 How it Looked
13:07 Conclusion
