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IMAGE number: BL5347843
Image title: The broken bamboo problem as illustrated in the Detailed analysis of the Mathematical rules in the nine chapters, Xiangjie jiujiang. The page comes from a section on right angles. The work appeared in 1261. From ""Xiangjie jiujiang"" by Yang (Hui), China, 1840-1842.
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: engraving
Date: 1840 AD - 1842 AD (C19th AD)

Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 13th century / Asia / China / Pythagoras of Samos (c.580-c.495 BC) / mathematician / black and white / Bamboo / China Chinese / Ideogram / Mathematics / Writing / 13 13th XIII XIIIth century / Pythagoras of Samos (c.580-c.495 BC)

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