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sPad of Super Accuracy and Geometry in Old Babylon. -- sPad de Súper Exactitud y Geometría en la Antigua Babilonia

Recently it has been discovered that on a stone tablet over 3800 years old, the Plimpton-322 table, are carved the geometric relations that exist between the sides of 15 right triangles chosen in a very special way. Due to its property as a super accuracy calculation tool, in this work we have called it sPad by stone pad, and we have calculated its machine accuracy $ε_m$. Additionally, we present the physical and astrophysical constants most used in science and engineering in sexagesimal base. ----- Reciéntemente se ha descubierto que en una tableta de piedra de más de 3800 años de antigüedad, la Tabla Plimpton 322, están ta\-lla\-das las relaciones geométricas que existen entre los lados de 15 triángulos rectángulos escogidos de manera muy especial. Debido a su propiedad como herramienta de cálculo súper preciso, en este trabajo la hemos llamado sPad por \emph{stone pad}, y hemos calculado su exactitud de máquina $ε_{m}$. Adicionalmente presentamos las constantes físicas y astrofísicas más usadas en ciencia e ingeniería en base sexagesimal.

preprint2020arXivOpen access

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