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The Chinese roots of linear algebra

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, Roger (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins University Press 2011
Subjects:
Mathematics, Chinese > History
Algebras, Linear > History
China > Intellectual life
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Preliminaries
  • 3. The Sources: Written Records of Early Chinese Mathematics
  • 4. Excess and Deficit
  • 5. Fangcheng, Chapter 8 of the Nine Chapters
  • 6. The Fangcheng Procedure in Modern Mathematical Terms
  • 7. The Well Problem
  • 8. Evidence of Early Determinantal Solutions
  • 9. Conclusions
  • Appendix A: Examples of Similar Problems
  • Appendix B: Chinese Mathematical Treatises
  • Appendix C: Outlines of Proofs
  • Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources

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