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Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics
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Author : Jiri Hudecek
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-25
Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics written by Jiri Hudecek and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-25 with History categories.
Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, means copying their institutions, practices and values, whilst simultaneously seeking to preserve China’s independence and historically formed identity. Over time, Chinese philosophers, writers, artists and politicians have all sought to reconcile these goals and this book shows how this search for a Chinese way penetrated even the most central, least contested area of modernity: science. Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics is a study of the life of one of modern China’s most admired scientific figures, the mathematician Wu Wen-Tsun. Negotiating the conflict between progress and tradition, he found a path that not only ensured his political and personal survival, but which also brought him renown as a mathematician of international status who claimed that he stood outside the dominant western tradition of mathematics. Wu Wen-Tsun’s story highlights crucial developments and contradictions in twentieth -century China, the significance of which extends far beyond the field of mathematics. On one hand lies the appeal of radical scientific modernity, "mechanisation" in all its forms, and competitiveness within the international scientific community. On the other is an anxiety to preserve national traditions and make them part of the modernisation project. Moreover, Wu’s intellectual development also reflects the complex relationship between science and Maoist ideology, because his turn to history was powered by his internalisation of certain aspects of Maoist ideology, including its utilitarian philosophy of science. This book traces how Wu managed to combine political success and international scientific eminence, a story that has wider implications for a new century of increasing Chinese activity in the sciences. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese history, the history of science and the history and philosophy of mathematics.
Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics
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Author : Jiří Hudeček
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics written by Jiří Hudeček and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, means copying their institutions, practices and values, whilst simultaneously seeking to preserve China's independence and historically formed identity. Over time, Chinese philosophers, writers, artists and politicians have all sought to reconcile these goals and this book shows how this search for a Chinese way penetrated even the most central, least contested area of modernity: science. Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics is a study of the life of one of modern China's most admired scientific figures, the mathematician Wu Wen-Tsun. Negotiating the conflict between progress and tradition, he found a path that not only ensured his political and personal survival, but which also brought him renown as a mathematician of international status who claimed that he stood outside the dominant western tradition of mathematics. Wu Wen-Tsun's story highlights crucial developments and contradictions in twentieth -century China, the significance of which extends far beyond the field of mathematics. On one hand lies the appeal of radical scientific modernity, "mechanisation" in all its forms, and competitiveness within the international scientific community. On the other is an anxiety to preserve national traditions and make them part of the modernisation project. Moreover, Wu's intellectual development also reflects the complex relationship between science and Maoist ideology, because his turn to history was powered by his internalisation of certain aspects of Maoist ideology, including its utilitarian philosophy of science. This book traces how Wu managed to combine political success and international scientific eminence, a story that has wider implications for a new century of increasing Chinese activity in the sciences. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese history, the history of science and the history and philosophy of mathematics.
A History Of Chinese Mathematics
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Author : Jean-Claude Martzloff
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-08-17
A History Of Chinese Mathematics written by Jean-Claude Martzloff and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-17 with Mathematics categories.
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.
Fleeting Footsteps
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Author : Lam Lay Yong
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2004-04-06
Fleeting Footsteps written by Lam Lay Yong and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-06 with Science categories.
' The Hindu–Arabic numeral system (1, 2, 3,…) is one of mankind's greatest achievements and one of its most commonly used inventions. How did it originate? Those who have written about the numeral system have hypothesized that it originated in India; however, there is little evidence to support this claim. This book provides considerable evidence to show that the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, despite its commonly accepted name, has its origins in the Chinese rod numeral system. This system was widely used in China from antiquity till the 16th century. It was used by officials, astronomers, traders and others to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and other arithmetic operations, and also used by mathematicians to develop arithmetic and algebra. Based on this system, numerous mathematical treatises were written. Sun Zi suanjing (The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi), written around 400 AD, is the earliest existing work to have a description of the rod numerals and their operations. With this treatise as a central reference, the first part of the book discusses the development of arithmetic and the beginnings of algebra in ancient China and, on the basis of this knowledge, advances the thesis that the Hindu–Arabic numeral system has its origins in the rod numeral system. Part Two gives a complete translation of Sun Zi suanjing. In this revised edition, Lam Lay Yong has included an edited text of her plenary lecture entitled “Ancient Chinese Mathematics and Its Influence on World Mathematics”, which was delivered at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Beijing 2002, after she received the prestigious Kenneth O. May Medal conferred by the International Commission on the History of Mathematics. This should serve as a useful and easy-to-comprehend introduction to the book. Contents:The Sun Zi Suanjing (The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi)Numbers and NumeralsThe Fundamental Operations of ArithmeticThe Common FractionOn Extracting Roots of NumbersTables of MeasuresThe Various ProblemsSocioeconomic Aspects in Sun Zi's ChinaDid the Hindu–Arabic Numeral System have its Origins in the Rod Numeral System? Readership: Historians of science, mathematicians and those interested in numbers. Keywords:Hindu-Arabic Numeral System;Rod Numerical System;China;Arithmetic;AlgebraReviews:“This book continues to be an excellent resource on the history and influence of Chinese mathematics.”Choice “This book not only stimulates the reader's interest in this centuries-old issue concerning the origins of the decimal place-value system, but also provides an excellent introduction to one of the important ancient Chinese mathematical texts for English readers, along with full translation of The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi … Fleeting Footsteps should be read by anyone interested in the history of Chinese mathematics or in the origins of number systems.”MAA Online Book Review '
Empty And The Full The Li Ye And The Way Of Mathematics Geometrical Procedures By Section Of Areas
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Author : Charlotte-v Pollet
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2020-03-20
Empty And The Full The Li Ye And The Way Of Mathematics Geometrical Procedures By Section Of Areas written by Charlotte-v Pollet and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-20 with Mathematics categories.
During Song (960 to 1279) and Yuan (1279 to 1368) dynasties, China experienced a peak in high-level algebraic investigation through the works of famous mathematicians such as Qin Jiushao, Zhu Shijie, Yang Hui and Li Ye. Among these is Li Ye's short treatise on a curious ancient geometrical procedure: The Development of Pieces of Areas According to the Collection Augmenting the Ancient Knowledge (Yigu yanduan). The aim of this monography is to contradict traditional scholarship which has long discredited the importance of Li Ye's treatise, considering it a mere popular handbook. The author aims to show that Li Ye's work actually epitomizes a completely new aspect of ancient Chinese mathematics: a crossroad between algebra, geometry, and combinatorics containing elements reminiscent of the Book of Changes (Yi Jing). As well as Li Ye used field measurement as pretext for investigations on quadratic equations and Changes, the present study uses Li Ye's small treatise as pretext for philosophical investigations on link between mathematics and their history. The real topic of the study is the exploration of another expression of proof and generality in Chinese mathematics. This book not only completes the edition of Li Ye's works and presents new features of Chinese mathematics, but also fills a gap in the translation of Chinese mathematics treatises.It is the first book entirely dedicated to the diagrammatic practice of algebra in the history of Chinese mathematics. This practice is more important than expected. While being a monograph, the book is short and detailed enough to be used by students in class. It can also be used as an entry door to the research field of history of Chinese mathematics.
Chinese Mathematics History
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Author : Zhi Dao
language : en
Publisher: DeepLogic
Release Date :
Chinese Mathematics History written by Zhi Dao and has been published by DeepLogic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
The book provides highlights on the key concepts and trends of evolution in Chinese Mathematics History, as one of the series of books of “China Classified Histories”.
Was Pythagoras Chinese
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Author : Frank J. Swetz
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 1977
Was Pythagoras Chinese written by Frank J. Swetz and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Geometry categories.
Anachronisms In The History Of Mathematics
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Author : Niccol- Guicciardini
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-07-22
Anachronisms In The History Of Mathematics written by Niccol- Guicciardini and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-22 with History categories.
Discover essays by leading scholars on the history of mathematics from ancient to modern times in European and non-European cultures.
The Ambitious Horse
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Author : Lawrence W. Swienciki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01-01
The Ambitious Horse written by Lawrence W. Swienciki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Education categories.
The Chinese Roots Of Linear Algebra
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Author : Roger Hart
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2011-01-01
The Chinese Roots Of Linear Algebra written by Roger Hart and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Mathematics categories.
A monumental accomplishment in the history of non-Western mathematics, The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra explains the fundamentally visual way Chinese mathematicians understood and solved mathematical problems. It argues convincingly that what the West "discovered" in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had already been known to the Chinese for 1,000 years. Accomplished historian and Chinese-language scholar Roger Hart examines Nine Chapters of Mathematical Arts—the classic ancient Chinese mathematics text—and the arcane art of fangcheng, one of the most significant branches of mathematics in Imperial China. Practiced between the first and seventeenth centuries by anonymous and most likely illiterate adepts, fangcheng involves manipulating counting rods on a counting board. It is essentially equivalent to the solution of systems of N equations in N unknowns in modern algebra, and its practice, Hart reveals, was visual and algorithmic. Fangcheng practitioners viewed problems in two dimensions as an array of numbers across counting boards. By "cross multiplying" these, they derived solutions of systems of linear equations that are not found in ancient Greek or early European mathematics. Doing so within a column equates to Gaussian elimination, while the same operation among individual entries produces determinantal-style solutions. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics and science will find in The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra new ways to conceptualize the intellectual development of linear algebra.