![]() ![]() Heavenly geometry because the factors of 60 coincide with the smallest primitive ‘Pythagorean’ triple 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2. Regular Babylonian numbers are of the form 2^a x 3^b x 5^c. Heavenly higher arithmetic for division by all composite numbers constructed from the factors of 60 is replaced by multiplication with the reciprocal of these numbers. For unravelling a number into its factors, it is all about the beginning, about pulling on the right pair of sexagesimal threads. The greater diversification of prime numbers allows one to unravel a given number into the combination(s) of two threads from which it is knitted. Moreover, for the fact it works equally well in the other direction: in dividing a number into its factors. Heavenly higher arithmetic for the ease and speed of multiplication of prime number. This standardization of prime numbers in 16 categories arranges for ‘heavenly’higher arithmetic and geometry. 2 x 5base 10 Primes divided into 4 endings/ lastdigits (3, 7, 9, and 1).The difference this square makes is that all primes larger than five are split into 16 instead of 8 unique types. Note the base isn’t thirty (2 x 3 x 5) but sixty (2^2 x 3 x 5). ![]() The first three prime numbers of The List provide the factors of the sexagesimal number system. The last digits (‘endings’) of prime numbers larger than five in decimal and sexagesimal number systems: In the sexagesimal number system prime numbers larger than five have 1 of 16 last digits. In our decimal system prime numbers larger than five have 1 of 4 last digits, or ‘endings’: 1, 3, 7, or 9. Thus, it is believed a ‘real number theory’ was not developed until the Greek civilization.įrom your own observation of the facts you can determine, not only did the Babylonians have a theory of numbers, but theirs was exponentially more refined than both that of the ancient Greeks and modern mathematics. However, these are generally considered to have been isolated results. It is increasingly acknowledged the Babylonians achieved some interesting (even impressive) results in mathematics. Number theory is thought to have begun in ancient Greece. ![]()
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