Previous owners nam written on frontpastedown. ; Explore over two millennia of mathematical evolution in China from ancient counting rods to Ming-Qing dynastic scholarship in this authoritative and accessible volume. Originally authored by leading Chinese historians YanLi and DuShiran, the work delivers deep insights into uniquely Chinese approaches to algorithms, algebra, numerical methods, and the central role of problem-solving over formal proof. ; 16.4x24.3x2.4cm; xiii,290 pages.

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Title: Chinese Mathematics - a Concise History
Publisher: Clarendon Press, U. S. A
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198581815
ISBN 13: 9780198581819
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition (?); (?).
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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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.

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