This Math Problem is in the Louvre Museum

🛍 Check out my math clothing brand! https://mathshion.com/ Join the channel to get exclusive and early videos, original music, lecture videos, and more!    / @wrathofmath   The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world. They have masterpieces, art, and artifacts from many different time periods and places - including the old Babylonian empire. I know the Babylonians best for their mathematics, and the Louvre possesses a tablet (Tablet AO6770) that contains a math problem concerning compound interest. Today we solve the problem using modern methods and the linear interpolation method used by the Babylonians on the tablet, which is dated around 1700BC. #maths #mathematics #ancientmathematics More Math Chats:    • Math Chats   Business Inquiries: [email protected] Textbooks I Like! Graph Theory: https://amzn.to/3JHQtZj Real Analysis: https://amzn.to/3CMdgjI Abstract Algebra: https://amzn.to/3IjoZaO Linear Algebra: https://amzn.to/43xAWEz Calculus: https://amzn.to/3PieD1M Proofs and Set Theory: https://amzn.to/367VBXP (available for free online) Statistics: https://amzn.to/4d5HbUQ Discrete Math: https://amzn.to/3qfhoUn Number Theory: https://amzn.to/3JqpOQd Outro music:    • ♪ Blue Planet demo (Math Chats Outro 2025) ♪   Follow Wrath of Math on... ● Instagram:   / wrathofmathedu   ● TikTok:   / wrathofmathedu   ● X: https://x.com/wrathofmathedu Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... SOURCES e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor The Emergence of Compound Interest by C. G. Lewin Compound Interest Doubling Time Rule: Extensions and Examples from Antiquities by Saad Taha Bakir https://plus.maths.org/content/have-w... https://museums.eu/museum/details/702... https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_... 0:00 Intro 2:05 The Tablet 3:03 mathshion 3:56 Modern Solution 5:02 Logarithms 8:16 Babylonian Solution 12:07 How it Looked 13:07 Conclusion