Could the Babylonians have discovered trigonometry a thousand years before the Greeks?

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Could the Babylonians have discovered trigonometry a thousand years before the Greeks? According to the ancient Plimpton 322 tablet, the answer is probably yes.

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-mathematical-mystery-ancient-babylonian-clay.html

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