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Sexagesimal

Sexagesimal, also known as base 60, is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.

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Fractions and irrational numbers

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Sexagesimal

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples66
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
Components1

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Sexagesimal

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related to Notations · 13
Sexagesimal → Arabic, By, Greek, Hellenistic, In, In Hellenistic Greek, John Wallis, Latin, Mathesis, Ptolemy, The, The Greeks, This
related to External links · 11
Sexagesimal → Arabic, Badr, Calculation, Degrees, Dīn Muḥammad, Facts, Minutes, Muḥammad, Māridīnī, Sibṭ, This
related to Origin · 10
Sexagesimal → According, Another, BC, Greeks, In, Otto Neugebauer, Sumerian/Akkadian, The, Their, Throughout
related to Other historical usages · 8
Sexagesimal → Babylonian, Book VIII, Chinese, In, Later, Plato's Republic, The, This
related to Babylonian mathematics · 7
Sexagesimal → Because, For, Instead, Later Babylonian, Mesopotamia, Numbers, The
related to Fractions · 4
Sexagesimal → For, However, In, Shown
related to Irrational numbers · 4
Sexagesimal → Babylonians, BC, Old Babylonian Period, The
related to Modern usage · 4
Sexagesimal → However, Modern, One, Thus

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numbers number used 60 time system minutes decimal fractions example notation digits also 59 zero babylonian modern seconds hellenistic prime

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timeinstance ofwhich continues today for specialized topics0.80text
anglesinstance ofwhich continues today for specialized topics0.80text
and astronomical coordinate systemsinstance ofwhich continues today for specialized topics0.80text
sexagesimal notations have always contained a strong undercurrent of decimal notationinstance ofwhich continues today for specialized topics0.80text
such as in how sexagesimal digits are writteninstance ofwhich continues today for specialized topics0.80text
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsThe0.60section
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsMesopotamia0.60section
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsInstead0.60section
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsNumbers0.60section
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsBecause0.60section
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsFor0.60section
Sexagesimalrelated to Babylonian mathematicsLater Babylonian0.60section

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