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Fleeting Footsteps: Tracing the Conception of Arithmetic and Algebra in ...

Lam Lay Yong, Ang Tian Se - 1992 - 238 pages
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 ...
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Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History

Yan Li, Shiran Du - Mathematics - 1987 - 312 pages
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 ...
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The Sea Island Mathematical Manual: Surveying and Mathematics in Ancient China

Mathematics, Chinese - 1992 - 89 pages
An annotated translation and analysis of the Haidao Suanjing, a Chinese mathematical classic composed by Liu Hui in A.D. 263. All ancient societies practiced the art of land ...
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The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra

Roger Hart - Mathematics - 2011 - 304 pages
A monumental accomplishment in the history of non-Western mathematics, The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra explains the fundamentally visual way Chinese mathematicians ...
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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook

Victor J. Katz, Annette Imhausen - Mathematics - 2007 - 712 pages
In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English ...
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