Las raíces cuadradas en la antigua Babilonia y hoy

Abstract

COMPUTING SQUARE ROOTS HAS BEEN OF MAYOR INTEREST FOR HUMANITY SINCE THREE MILLENNIUMS AGO. BABYLONIANS WERE GREAT MATHEMATICIANS WHO CALCULATED THE SQUARE ROOT OF NON-NEGATIVE INTEGER, THEY KNEW PYTHAGOREANS TRIADS AND, THEREFORE, CALCULATED SQUARE ROOTS. BABYLONIANS"" ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE TO CALCULATE SQUARE ROOTS OF NON NEGATIVE NUMBERS IS DESCRIBED, AND IT IS COMPARED TO NOWADAYS PROCEDURE.