mesopotamian

Mesopotamian

Mesopotamian mathematics for Ruby. Version 𒁹.

Adds support for Babylonian numerals and conversions between Mesopotamian sexagesimal numbers and regular decimal integers. All the named numerals are available: 𒁹, 𒈫, 𒐈, 𒐉, 𒐊, 𒐋, 𒐌, 𒐍, 𒐎, 𒌋, 𒌋𒌋, 𒌍, 𒄭 and 𒐐.

Adds a new type: Mesopotamian. This represents sexagesimal babylonian numerals in single digit or array form as well as cuneiform string format.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mesopotamian'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mesopotamian

Usage

Use Mesopotamian objects to represent numeral in Mesopotamian base 60 (sexagecimals):

num = Mesopotamian(65535)
num.to_s
=> "𒌋𒐍  𒌋𒈫  𒌋𒐊"
num.to_i
=> 65535
num.to_a
=> [18, 12, 15]

Background

Most if not all of the actuals have been collected from http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/index.html

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

• Fork it ( https://bitbucket.org/janlindblom/babylon/fork )
• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
• Create a new Pull Request