Draft History of the Baji Mathematical Thought

Author: Guo Jinbin, Liu Qiuhua, Liu Mingjian
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The book consists of fourteen chapters, studying and discussing the traditional mathematical thoughts of Fujian. Each chapter provides a brief introduction. Starting from Chapter 2, it elaborates on the mathematical thoughts of Fujian during the Song Dynasty and the period following it, particularly in the research and discussion of printed mathematical classics, astronomical mathematics, engineering mathematics, the theory of pitch pipes, artillery methods, abacus algorithms, and series expansions. From Chapter 11 onwards, it focuses on the mathematical thoughts of Fujian in the first half of the 20th century, known as the transmission of Fujian mathematics.