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020 _a9783540547495
040 _cTata Book House
_aICTS-TIFR
050 _aQC 27.C5
100 _aMartzloff, Jean-Claude
245 _aA history of Chinese mathematics
260 _aNew York:
_bSpringer,
_c[c1997]
300 _a485 p
505 _aPart I- The Context of Chinese Mathematics 1- The Historiographical Context 2- The Historical Context 3- The Notion of Chinese Mathematics 4- Applications of Chinese Mathematics 5- The Structure of Mathematical Works 6- Mathematical Terminology 7- Modes of Reasoning 8- Chinese Mathematicians 9- The Transmission of Knowledge 10- Influences and Transmission 11- Main Works and Main Authors (from the Origins to 1600) Part II- The Content of Chinese Mathematics 12- Numbers and Numeration 13- Calculating Instruments 14- Techniques for Numerical Computation 15- Geometry 16- Indeterminate Problems 17- Approximation Formulae 18- Li Shanlan’s Summation Formulae 19- Infinite Series 20- Magic Squares and Puzzles
520 _aFor the English language edition, this completely unique book of J.C. Martzloff has been fully revised and updated. It includes many new recent insights and illustrations, a new appendix on Chinese primary sources and a guide to the to the bibliography.
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_cBK
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