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China: Two pages from the 'Zhoubi suanjing' (Zhou Dynasty Sundial of Astronomy and Calculation), illustrating...

China: Two pages from the 'Zhoubi suanjing' (Zhou Dynasty Sundial of Astronomy and Calculation), illustrating
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China: Two pages from the 'Zhoubi suanjing' (Zhou Dynasty Sundial of Astronomy and Calculation), illustrating the 'Gougu Theorem' or Pythagorian Theorem. Dating from the Zhou Dynasty, this version is from a Ming Dynasty edition, 1603
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1603 AD (C17th AD)
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The Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, is one of the oldest Chinese mathematical texts. 'Zhou' refers to the ancient Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 - 256 BCE) 'Bi' refers to the gnomon of a sundial. The study is an anonymous collection of 246 problems encountered by the Duke of Zhou and his astronomer and mathematician, Shang Gao. Each question has stated their numerical answer and corresponding arithmetic algorithm. The 'Zhoubi suanjing' contains one of the first recorded proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.

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astronomy / China / Asia / book / mathematics / science / asia / maths / pythagoras / chart / asian / math / dynasty / pythagorian / 17th century / astronomy / duke of zhou / chinese / theorem / shang gao / gougu / 1603 / suan / zhoubi / jing / suanjing

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