Robson (2001), p. 202, "Further, if we believe that Plimpton 322 was intended to be a list of parameters to aid the setting of school mathematics problems (and the typological evidence suggests that it was), the question 'how was the tablet calculated?' does not have to have the same answer as the question 'what problems does the tablet set?' The first can be answered most satisfactorily by reciprocal pairs, as first suggested half a century ago, and the second by some sort of right-triangle problems." Robson, Eleanor (August 2001), "Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: a reassessment of Plimpton 322", Historia Math., 28 (3): 167–206, doi:10.1006/hmat.2001.2317, MR1849797
Robson (2001), p. 202, "Further, if we believe that Plimpton 322 was intended to be a list of parameters to aid the setting of school mathematics problems (and the typological evidence suggests that it was), the question 'how was the tablet calculated?' does not have to have the same answer as the question 'what problems does the tablet set?' The first can be answered most satisfactorily by reciprocal pairs, as first suggested half a century ago, and the second by some sort of right-triangle problems." Robson, Eleanor (August 2001), "Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: a reassessment of Plimpton 322", Historia Math., 28 (3): 167–206, doi:10.1006/hmat.2001.2317, MR1849797
When comparing dates given by different sources, note that many of Wikipedia's articles on the ancient world use the short chronology, while much of the history of mathematics literature uses the middle chronology. An exception is Britton, Proust & Shnider (2011), which uses the long chronology. Britton, John P.; Proust, Christine; Shnider, Steve (2011), "Plimpton 322: a review and a different perspective", Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 65 (5): 519–566, doi:10.1007/s00407-011-0083-4, S2CID120417550
Bruins (1949), Bruins (1951), Bruins (1957) Bruins, Evert M. (1949), "On Plimpton 322, Pythagorean numbers in Babylonian mathematics", Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Proceedings, 52: 629–632 Bruins, Evert M. (1951), "Pythagorean triads in Babylonian mathematics: The errors on Plimpton 322", Sumer, 11: 117–121 Bruins, E. M. (1957), "Pythagorean Triads in Babylonian Mathematics", The Mathematical Gazette, 41 (335): 25–28, doi:10.2307/3611533, JSTOR3611533, S2CID126382606
Friberg (1981), Friberg (2007) Friberg, Jöran (1981), "Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics: Plimpton 322. Pythagorean triples and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations", Historia Mathematica, 8: 277–318, doi:10.1016/0315-0860(81)90069-0 Friberg, Jöran (2007), A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, Cuneiform Texts I, Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Berlin: Springer
Bruins (1949), Bruins (1951), Bruins (1957) Bruins, Evert M. (1949), "On Plimpton 322, Pythagorean numbers in Babylonian mathematics", Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Proceedings, 52: 629–632 Bruins, Evert M. (1951), "Pythagorean triads in Babylonian mathematics: The errors on Plimpton 322", Sumer, 11: 117–121 Bruins, E. M. (1957), "Pythagorean Triads in Babylonian Mathematics", The Mathematical Gazette, 41 (335): 25–28, doi:10.2307/3611533, JSTOR3611533, S2CID126382606
Robson (2001), p. 202, "Further, if we believe that Plimpton 322 was intended to be a list of parameters to aid the setting of school mathematics problems (and the typological evidence suggests that it was), the question 'how was the tablet calculated?' does not have to have the same answer as the question 'what problems does the tablet set?' The first can be answered most satisfactorily by reciprocal pairs, as first suggested half a century ago, and the second by some sort of right-triangle problems." Robson, Eleanor (August 2001), "Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: a reassessment of Plimpton 322", Historia Math., 28 (3): 167–206, doi:10.1006/hmat.2001.2317, MR1849797
When comparing dates given by different sources, note that many of Wikipedia's articles on the ancient world use the short chronology, while much of the history of mathematics literature uses the middle chronology. An exception is Britton, Proust & Shnider (2011), which uses the long chronology. Britton, John P.; Proust, Christine; Shnider, Steve (2011), "Plimpton 322: a review and a different perspective", Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 65 (5): 519–566, doi:10.1007/s00407-011-0083-4, S2CID120417550
Bruins (1949), Bruins (1951), Bruins (1957) Bruins, Evert M. (1949), "On Plimpton 322, Pythagorean numbers in Babylonian mathematics", Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Proceedings, 52: 629–632 Bruins, Evert M. (1951), "Pythagorean triads in Babylonian mathematics: The errors on Plimpton 322", Sumer, 11: 117–121 Bruins, E. M. (1957), "Pythagorean Triads in Babylonian Mathematics", The Mathematical Gazette, 41 (335): 25–28, doi:10.2307/3611533, JSTOR3611533, S2CID126382606
