Fleeting footsteps : tracing the conception of arithmetic and algebra in ancient China /
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World Scientific,
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Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Revised edition. |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/5425#t=toc |
Item Description: |
Part two is the translation of Sun Zi Suanjing. Revised edition includes edited version of plenary lecture given at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Bejing in August 2002 entitled "Ancient Chinese mathematics and its influence on world mathematics." |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxii,243pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index. |
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9812567259 (electronic bk.) 9789812567253 (electronic bk.) |
CLC: | O112 |
Contents: | Ancient Chinese mathematics and its influence on world mathematics -- The Sun Zi Suanjing (The mathematical classic of Sun Zi) -- Numbers and numerals -- The fundamental operations of arithmetic -- The common fraction -- On extracting roots of numbers -- Tables of measures -- The various problems -- Socioeconomic aspects in Sun Zi's China -- Did the Hindu-Arabic numeral system have its origins in the rod numeral system? -- Translation of Sun Zi Suanjing. |