2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/78579We discuss the babylonian method of extracting the root square of a number, from the point of view of modern mathematics. We also speculate that the babylonian mathematics was rich enough for a generalization of this method, despite the lack of general statements and justified procedures in their mathematics.LaTeX, 4 pages, no figuresHistory and Overviewtext