The Sea Island Mathematical Manual: Surveying and Mathematics in Ancient China
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The Haidao Suanjing or Sea Island Mathematical Manual , is one of the "Ten Classics" of traditional Chinese mathematics, and its contents demonstrate the high standards of theoretical and mathematical sophistication present in early Chinese surveying theory. The Haidao composed in A.D. 263 by Liu Hui, established the mathematical procedures for much of East Asian surveying activity for the next one thousand years. The contents of the Haidao also testify...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0271007958
ISBN13:9780271007953
Release Date:May 1992
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:88 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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