Chinese mathematics : a concise history
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Chinese mathematics : a concise history
(Oxford science publications)
Clarendon Press, 1987
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中國古代數學簡史
Chung-kuo ku tai shu hsüeh chien shih
Chung-kuo shu hsüeh
中國數學
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Translation of: Chung-kuo ku tai shu hsüeh chien shih (中國古代數學簡史||チュウゴク コダイ スウガク カンシ)
Title on added t.p.: 中國數學
On added t.p.: 中國數學 李儼、杜石然著 郭樹理、倫華祥譯
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From the Foreword by Sir Joseph Needham: "As will be seen from the present book, mathematics had a very great development in ancient China. This was perhaps to be expected in view of the advanced nature of their astronomy. If China developed no Euclidean deductive geometry, there was plenty of empirical geometry there ...the Chinese always preferred algebraic methods; and indeed by the thirteenth century AD, they were the best algebraists in the world." The mathematical developments in China over a period of more than 2000 years are presented in more detail than has previously been available in English. Horner's method, Bezout's theorem, and other important results were obtained centuries earlier than they were in the West. The reader will find these and other familiar results presented in a very different context from the Western Euclidean framework. In Chinese mathematics the emphasis is on algorithms rather than proofs.
With the assistance of the surviving junior author, Du Shiran, the translators have retained the Chinese point of view while supplementing the text with short explanatory comments and references to all the available, relevant material written in western languages (chiefly English). Brief appendices on the history and language of China, together with extensive bibliography, should make this a useful source book.
Table of Contents
The beginnings of mathematics in ancient China (before the Q 'in Dynasty (before 221 BC)). The formation of mathematical systems in ancient China (H `an Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD). The development of mathematics in China during the W `ei, J `in, and North and South Dynasties (221-581 AD). Chinese mathematics in the time of the Su 'i and T 'ang Dynasties (581-907 AD). The zenith of the development of mathematics during the S `ong and Yu 'an Dynasties (960-1368 AD). The evolution from calculating with counting rods to calculating with the abacus. The first entry of Western mathematics into China. Mathematics under the feudalistic closed door policy in the middle period of Qing. The second entry of Western mathematics into China. Appendix 1: Language. Appendix 2: Chinese books. Appendix 3: Chronology. Appendix 4: History. Bibliography. Index
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