Book:Anonymous/Chiu Chang Suann Jing
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Anonymous: Chiu Chang Suann Jing
Published $\text {c. $100$}$.
In English:
- Nine Chapters of Arithmetic
Subject Matter
The oldest surviving Chinese text on mathematics.
Contents
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Also known as
The name Chiu Chang Suann Jing can be variously transliterated, for example:
- Jiuzhang suanshu
- Jiuzhang Suanjing
Some sources refer to it as just Chiu Chang.
It is translated variously as:
- Nine Chapters of Arithmetic
- Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
and so on.
Hence it is often popularly referred to as (the) Nine Chapters.
Also see
Historical Note
Chiu Chang Suann Jing was written by several generations of Chinese scholars dating from the $10$th century BCE through to the $2$nd or $3$rd century CE.
Sources
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): The Nine Chapters
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $3$: Notations and Numbers: Brahmagupta, Mahavira and Bhaskara