GEOMETRIC ALGEBRA IN ANCIENT BABYLON

Abstract

3,500 to 3,000 years ago B.C. Babylonian mathematicians imagined problems for theoretical and re- creational purposes without the current calculation techniques or formulas. The Babylonians were able to solve second-degree equations and systems of equations. Although the tablets only present statements and procedures, algorithmic foundations, without theoretical foundation, see [2] [8] [3]. In the present work, we base the usage of the so-called naive geometry on the Babylonians, given the evidence recorded in [3] y [8].