Book:Sun Tzu/Sun Tzu Suan Ching

Subject Matter
Counting with rods, and the Chinese Remainder Theorem

Contents

 * Chapter $1$: Measurement units of length, weight and capacity, and the rules of counting rods


 * Chapter $2$: Operational rules for fractions with rod numerals: the reduction, addition, subtraction, and division of fractions, followed by mechanical algorithm for the extraction of the square root


 * Chapter $3$: Chinese Remainder Theorem

Also known as
The name Sun Tzu Suan Ching can be variously transliterated, for example:


 * Sun Tsu Suan Ching
 * Sunzi Suanjing
 * Sun Zi Suan Jing

and so on.

It is translated variously as:
 * The Mathematical Classic of Master Sun
 * Master Sun's Mathematical Manual

and so on.

Also see

 * Sun Tzu Suan Ching/Examples