Jens Høyrup
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Danish mathematician and historian of mathematics
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Jens Høyrup's Degrees
- PhD Mathematics University of Copenhagen
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jens Egede Høyrup, born 1943 in Copenhagen, is a Danish historian of mathematics, specializing in pre-modern and early modern mathematics, ancient Mesopotamian mathematics in particular. He is especially known for his interpretation of what has often been referred to as Old Babylonian "algebra" as consisting of concrete, geometric manipulations.
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