Fleeting footsteps : tracing the conception of arithmetic and algebra in ancient China /

"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 s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lam, Lay Yong (Autor), Ang, Tian Se (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2004.
Edición:Rev. ed.
Temas:
Sun-tzu suan ching.
Mathematics, Chinese > Early works to 1800.
Mathematics, Ancient.
Mathématiques chinoises > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mathématiques anciennes.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Mathematics, Ancient
Mathematics, Chinese
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Sun Zi suanjing (the mathematical classic of Sun Zi)
  • Numbers and numerals
  • The fundamental operations of arithmetic
  • The common fraction
  • On extracting roots of numbers
  • Tables of measures
  • The various problems
  • Socioeconomic aspects in Sun Zi's China
  • Did the Hindu-Arabic numeral system have its origins in the rod numeral system?

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