Chinese mathematics : a concise history /

This volume presents a record of mathematical developments in China over a period of more than 2000 years. It goes into greater detail than ever previously available in English. Because the emphasis in Chinese mathematics is on algorithms rather than proofs, readers will find results such as Bezout&...

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Main Author:	Li, Yan, 1892-1963
Other Authors:	Tu, Shih-jan, Crossley, John N., Lun, Anthony W.-C. (Anthony Wah-Cheung)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Chinese
Published:	Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1987.
Subjects:	Mathematics > China > History. Mathematics, Chinese. Mathématiques > Chine > Histoire. Mathématiques chinoises. Mathematics. Geschichte Mathematik Wiskunde. Suugaku > rekishi > chūgoku. Mathematics, Chinese > History. Mathématiques chinoises > Histoire. Mathematik. Geschichte. China. China China > Mathematics, to 1986 History.