Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History

by L%i Y%an, Yen Li, Li Yan, et al.

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. Because the emphasis in Chinese mathematics is on algorithms rather than proofs, readers will find results such as Bezout's theorem and Horner's method appearing in a very different context from the familiar tradition of Euclidean deductive geometry. The Chinese always preferred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198581815
• ISBN13: 9780198581819
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"