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Publications
SAW (MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD):
New Theoretical Approaches to the Sources
and Socio-Political Issues of the Present Day
Publications generated by the project
Christine Proust "Problèmes de partage : des cadastres à l’arithmétique", in CultureMATH
Seminar materials
Sergio Alivernini The mathematical knowledge during the 3rd dynasty of Ur in the light of land surveying texts: Measurement techniques and officials in charge Abstract
Florence Bretelle-Establet What do citations tell us on the medical culture of the far south? What do medical literature tells us on the practice of citation?
Abstract
Robert K. Englund
Grain and time calculations in the 4th millennium BC Mesopotamia Abstract
Presentation
Jens Hoyrup On the notion of "Exp10 (log10 (modulo 1))" –observations of a former teacher of engineering students on the use of the slide rule Abstract
Agasibagil Jagadish Text and practices: Land measure in South India, with special reference to Karnataka Abstract
Agathe Keller Anthropological approaches to measuring units (in South Asia) Bibliography
Agathe Keller
Positional and tabular notations in Sanskrit mathematical texts (7th - 10th centuries) Handout Presentation
Agathe Keller Taxes in Sanskrit mathematical sources
Presentation
Agathe Keller Using grains in medieval Sanskrit mathematical texts Presentation
Toke Knudsen Bricks real and imaginary: The altar constructions of the Sulbasutras Abstract
Michael Loewe The place of figures in the administration of China’s early empires (221 BCE to 220 CE) Abstract
Charles Malamoud Compter et mesurer dans l’Arthaśāstra
Abstract
Robert Middeke-Conlin Creative accounting: Anomalies in bookkeeping during the Old Babylonian period Abstract
Mathieu Ossendrijver
Mathematical terminology in Babylonian astronomical texts Presentation
Liliane Perez Artisans’ accounting practices and operations skills in the 18th century Abstract
Karin Preisendanz Text Segmentation, Chapter Naming and the Transmission of Embedded Texts in the Indian Medical and Philosophical Traditions : The Cases of the Carakasamhita and the Nyayasutra Presentation
Christine Proust Uses of place-value notations in cuneiform mathematical texts Abstract
Christine Proust The use of language in mathematical texts: Writing styles specific to some schools Abstract Handout
Christine Proust Bricks as units of volume: Reference texts and problems Abstract
Martin Sauvage Mathematical computations in the management of public works in Mesopotamia (end of the 3rd and beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE) Abstract Presentation
Pamela Smith Why write a book? Artisanal experience and the written word in early modern Europe Abstract
Lena Soler Etudier les pratiques scientifiques : étudier quoi ? A la place de quoi ? Abstract
Donald B.Wagner Mathematics and the planning of public works in China, Han to Yuan Presentation
Olga Weijers The practice of knowledge in the Medieval universities Abstract
Michio Yano Traditional Indian calendar — living and changing
Abstract
Yiwen Zhu Moving counting rods into text: The change of language and content of Chinese mathematics Presentation
