A history of Chinese mathematics
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Bibliographic Information
A history of Chinese mathematics
Springer-Verlag, c1997
- : gw : hardcover
- : us
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Histoire des mathématiques chinoises
Available at 20 libraries
Note
French orginal edition: Masson (Paris), c1987
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-461) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The book is made up of two mutually explanatory parts, the first devoted to the general, historical and cultural background, and the second to the development of each subdiscipline that together comprise Chinese mathematics. This section is organised topically rather than chronologically, and is enriched in each case by examples, guides on how to intepret the contextual setting and by exhaustive references - both mathematical and sinological. This makes the book uniquely accessible, both as a topical reference work, and also as an overview that can be read and reread at many levels of sophistication by both sinologists and mathematicians alike. Indeed anyone with an interest in Chinese culture or the history of ideas will derive great benefit from this book
Table of Contents
From the Contents: Part I: The Historiographical Context, The Historical Context, The Notion of Chinese Mathematics, Applications of Chinese Mathematics, The Structure of Mathematical Works, Mathematical Terminology, Modes of Reasoning, Chinese Mathematicians, The Transmission of Knowledge, Influences and Transmission, Main Works and Main Autors (from Origins to 1600) Part II: Numbers and Numeration, Calculating Instruments, Techniques for Numerical Computation, Geometry, Indeterminate Problems, Approximation Formulae, Li Shanlan's Summation Formulae, Infinite Series, Magic Squares and Other Magic Figures Appendix I: Adaptations of European Mathematical Works Appendix II: Adaptations of European Mathematical Works (17th-19th Centuries)
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