Mazes, Patterns, and Textiles Notes
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| − | In [http://books.google.com/books?id=x8ZY3RUQhMQC&pg=PA219&dq=MS+4515&hl=en&ei=eaP8S8ssm74zr-7xwAE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=MS%204515&f=false ''A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts''], Jöran Friberg argues that [http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/result.pt?id_text=P253616&start=100&result_format=single&-op_id_text=eq&size=100 MS 4515], an Old Babylonian tablet (16-20 BCE) inscribed with a labyrinth, is algorithmically generated. He gives the algorithm that he believes was used to produce this labyrinth. | + | In [http://books.google.com/books?id=x8ZY3RUQhMQC&pg=PA219&dq=MS+4515&hl=en&ei=eaP8S8ssm74zr-7xwAE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=MS%204515&f=false ''A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts''], Jöran Friberg argues that [http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/result.pt?id_text=P253616&start=100&result_format=single&-op_id_text=eq&size=100 MS 4515], an Old Babylonian tablet (16-20 BCE) inscribed with a labyrinth, was algorithmically generated. (Not using a computer, of course...) He gives the algorithm that he believes was used to produce this labyrinth. |
