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Babylonian Numerals


A base-60, or sexagesimal, number system, used by the ancient Babylonians.


See also

Numeral, Sexagesimal

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References

O'Connor, J. J. and Robertson, E. F. "Babylonian numerals." http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_numerals.html.

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Babylonian Numerals

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Babylonian Numerals." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BabylonianNumerals.html

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