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Pages 491-504 | Published online: 18 Sep 2006

  • (i) Chiu-shao Ch'in Shu-shu chiu-chang: Mathematical treatise in nine sections 1247 (ii) Li Chih or Li Yeh, Ts'ê-yüan hai ching; Sea mirror of circle measurements (1248). I-ku yen-tuan; New steps in computation (1259). (iii) Yang Hui, Hsiang-chieh chiu-chang suan-fa; Detailed analysis of the mathematical rules in the ‘Nine chapters’ (1261). Jih-yung suan-fa; Computing methods in daily use (1262). Yang Hui suan-fa; Yang Hui's computing methods (1274/5). (iv) Chu Shih-chieh, Suan-hsüeh ch'i-mêng; Introduction to mathematics (1299). Ssu-yüan yü-chien; The jade mirror of the four unknows (1303).
  • Sarton , G. 1927–48 . Introduction to the history of science , Vol. 3 , Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins .
  • Libbrecht , U. 1973 . Chinese mathematics in the thirteenth century: The Shu-shu chiu-change , Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press .
  • Hoe , J. 1977 . “ Les systèmes d'équations polynômes dans le Siyuan yujian ” . In Mémoires de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises , Vol. VI , Paris : Collège de France .
  • Cammann , S. 1963 . Old Chinese magic squares . Sinologica , 7 : 14 – 53 .

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