Help with History of math... Again

[Guest]

I have a midterm exam and have about 20 questions i need to know, i only need help with a few. In quotation is what my professor has asked.

1) "Apply a Babylonian approximation technique"
I dont have a clue onto what this means, the book only refers to their approximation of square root of two, but now how to do it

2) "Prove a certain algebraic identity by the greek geometic method"
What is the greek geometic method? I understand that they were able to do many calculations of find the sides of triangles etc.


Thanks again for your help

 

[stapel]

If these topics were not covered in class and are not mentioned in your text, then I would suggest researching a math-history text or site, and making a guess as to what might be meant.

If these topics were covered in class and/or the text, please provide the definition(s) they gave you.

Thank you.

Eliz.