Fleeting Footsteps : Tracing The Conception Of Arithmetic And Algebra In Ancient China.
The HinduArabic numeral system (1, 2, 3 ...) is one of mankind'sgreatest achievements and one of its most commonly usedinventions. How did it originate? Those who have written about thenumeral system have hypothesized that it originated in India; however, there is little evidence to support thi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Ancient Chinese Mathematics and Its Influence on World Mathematics; PART ONE; PART TWO; Appendix 1: Table of Reference for Problems of Sun Zi Suanjing; Appendix 2: Chronology of Dynasties; Bibliography; Supplementary Bibliography for Books in Chinese; Index.