References for: Mayan mathematics


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Books

  1. R Calinger, A conceptual history of mathematics (Upper Straddle River, N. J., 1999).
  2. M D Coe, Breaking the Maya code (London, 1992).
  3. P T Culbert and J A Sabloff, Maya civilisation (New York, 1995).
  4. G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998).
  5. G G Joseph, The crest of the peacock (London, 1991).
  6. M W Makemson, The Maya correlation problem (Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1946).
  7. G I Sanchez, Arithmetic in Maya (Texas, 1961).
  8. J A Sabloff, The new archaeology and the ancient Maya (London, 1990).

Articles:

  1. A F Aveni, Archaeoastronomy in the Maya region : a review of the past decade, Archaeoastronomy No. 3, J. Hist Astronom. 12 (1981), S1-S16.
  2. A F Aveni and L D Hotaling, Monumental inscriptions and the observational basis of Maya planetary astronomy, Archaeoastronomy No. 19, J. Hist. Astronom. 25 (1994), S21-S54.
  3. A F Aveni, S J Morandi, and P A Peterson, The Maya number of time : intervalic time reckoning in the Maya codices. I, Archaeoastronomy No. 20, J. Hist. Astronom. 26 (1995), S1-S28.
  4. A F Aveni, S J Morandi, and P A Peterson, The Maya number of time : intervalic time reckoning in the Maya codices. II, Archaeoastronomy No. 21, J. Hist. Astronom. 27 (1996), S1-S32.
  5. M P Closs, The mathematical notation of the ancient Maya, in Native American mathematics (Austin, TX, 1986), 291-369.
  6. H Groemer, The symmetries of frieze ornaments in Maya architecture, Osterreich. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Natur. Kl. Sitzungsber. II 203 (1994), 101-116.
  7. J B Lambert, B Ownbey-McLaughlin, and C D McLaughlin, Maya arithmetic, Amer. Sci. 68 (3) (1980), 249-255.
  8. M W Makemson, The astronomical tables of the Maya, in Contributions to American Anthropology and History no. 42 (Washington, 1943), 185-221.
  9. L Morales Aldana, Mayan arithmetic : a methodological proposal (Spanish), in Meeting of the International Study Group on Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, Blumenau, 1994 (Sao Paulo, 1996), 119-128.
  10. M Murillo, Elements of Mayan arithmetic (Spanish), in Mathematics in Costa Rica 1 (San Jose, 1990), 320-329.
  11. L F Rodriguez, Astronomy among the Mayans (Spanish), Rev. Mexicana Astronom. Astrofis. 10 (1985), 443-453.
  12. E Rössler, Maya-Arithmetik : Eine kulturhistorische Ergänzung zur Dezimalarithmetik, Praxis Math. 20 (4) (1978), 97-106.
  13. G D Salyers, The number system of the Mayas, Math. Mag. 28 (1954), 44-48.
  14. D J Schove, Maya correlations, moon ages and astronomical cycles, J. Hist. Astronom. 15 (1) (1984), 18-29.
  15. A Seidenberg, The zero in the Mayan numerical notation, in Native American mathematics (Austin, TX, 1986), 371-386.
  16. J E S Thompson, Maya arithmetic, in Contributions to American Anthropology and History no. 36 (Washington, 1942), 37-62.
  17. V A Vyshinskii, The Mayan calendar and the numeration system of residue classes, Soviet Automat. Control 12 (1) (1979), 42-45.
  18. I Yaglom, Number systems : Mayans, Romans, Babylonians - lend us your calculators, Quantum 5 (6) (1995), 23-27.
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