Ausonius waxa uu ku tilmaamay halxiraalaha Ostomachion, oo ah eray isku dhafan oo Giriig ah oo ka sameysan xididdada <unk>στέον (osteon, bone) iyo μάχη (machē, fight). Halxiraalaha waxaa sidoo kale loo yaqaanaa Loculus of Archimedes ama Archimedes' Box.Archimedes' Cattle Problem. Shaqadan waxaa soo ogaaday Gotthold Ephraim Lessing oo ku jira qoraal gacmeed Giriig ah oo ka kooban gabay ka kooban 44 xariiq, oo ku yaal Maktabadda Augustog ee Herzbüttel, Jarmalka 1773. Waxaa loo gudbiyay Eratosthenes iyo xisaabyahannada Alexandria.
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