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    Graduate Help in calculating the square of a number in sexagesimal notation?

    Hey lurflurf has it right... thank you guys for your help
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    MHB Sq. FD + sq. DB = sq. BF Almagest Ch 10 Book I Ptolemy

    Oops here is the link I meant to give in the above post: Claudius Ptolemy: The Almagest
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    MHB Sq. FD + sq. DB = sq. BF Almagest Ch 10 Book I Ptolemy

    Hello, everyone I am reading through the Almagest by Ptolemy and I have a question I hope someone can resolve for me. In Book I Chapter 10 of the Almagest, Ptolemy sets up a semicircle ABC with two right triangles on the diameter AC. To view the text just click the link below: Claudius Ptolemy...
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    Graduate Help in calculating the square of a number in sexagesimal notation?

    How would you go about calculating a number's square entirely in sexagesimal notation (i.e. base 60). For example, how would you calculate the square of 37 + 4/60 + 55/60^2? If you can please show me how to calculate a number's square entirely in sexagesimal notation without using decimals it...