Image of a math problem that was stated in Cuneiform, Arabic, Latin and Finally in modern math notation

math-history reference-request

Many years ago a lecturer of mine had a photocopy of a page from a book containing a math problem ( I think it was a simple quadradic equation ) that was stated/solved in Cuneiform, Arabic, Latin scripts and Finally in modern math notation.

I have contacted my lecturer but he has no idea where it was from, nor I have been able to find it using google books searches etc.

Does anyone know where to find it?

Thank you in advance


Solution 1:

It looks like it could be this book : A History Of Mathematical Notations Vol I (1928) Florian Cajori http://www.archive.org/details/historyofmathema031756mbp

It would probably interest you even if it's not the exact same one.

Solution 2:

Click on Historical overview in the section Solving polynomials at the webpage: http://www.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/gallery/index.html

This is not quite what you where asking for, as it is the solution to the quadratic, cubic, quartic, quinitic,... But I think you will still like it!

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