Ancient Babylonian Algorithms

The early origins of mathematics are discussed,
emphasizing those aspects which seem to be 
of greatest interest from the standpoint of computer
science.  A number of old Babylonian tablets, many 
of which have never before been translated into English, are quoted.

CACM July, 1972

Knuth, D. E.

history of computation, Babylonian tablets,
sexagesimal number system, sorting 

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