A history of Chinese mathematics
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Bibliographic Information
A history of Chinese mathematics
Springer-Verlag, c2006
Corr. 2nd printing
- : pbk
- Other Title
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Histoire des mathématiques chinoises
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  United States of America
Note
French orginal edition: Masson (Paris), c1987
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is made up of two parts, the first devoted to general, historical and cultural background, and the second to the development of each subdiscipline that together comprise Chinese mathematics. The book is 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.
Table of Contents
The Context of Chinese Mathematics.- 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 Authors (from the Origins to 1600).- The Content of Chinese Mathematics.- Numbers and Numeration.- Calculating Instruments.- Techniques for Numerical Computation.- Geometry.- Indeterminate Problems.- Approximation Formulae.- Li Shanlan's Summation Formulae.- Infinite Series.- Magic Squares and Puzzles.
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