The Continuation of Ancient Mathematics: Wang Xiaotong's Jigu Suanjing, Algebra and Geometry in 7th-Century China by Tina Su-Lyn Lim, Lim, Donald B. Wagner
The Continuation of Ancient Mathematics: Wang Xiaotong's Jigu Suanjing, Algebra and Geometry in 7th-Century China

Tina Su-Lyn Lim, Lim, Donald B. Wagner

The Continuation of Ancient Mathematics: Wang Xiaotong's Jigu Suanjing, Algebra and Geometry in 7th-Century China

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Tina Su-Lyn Lim, Lim, Donald B. Wagner

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After the collapse of Roman civilization, knowledge of mathematics dwindled in Europe. In the Arab world, however, the works of ancient mathematicians like Euclid were preserved and built upon by new thinkers like al-Khwarizmi, who became instrume...

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