Last semester, I began my math history class with some Babylonian arithmetic. The mathematics we were doing was easy—multiplying and adding numbers, solving quadratic equations by completing the ...

Mathematics in Mesopotamia : Where did mathematics begin? ; Political history in Mesopotamia ; The number symbols ; Arithmetic operations ; Babylonian algebra ; Babylonian geometry ; The uses of ...

This week we look at ancient Egyptian mathematics, building techniques, tools, and culture Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Over the past centuries, archaeologists, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number ...