On the two mathematical works `'Liuzhang'' and ``Sankai'' (Q2719609)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1609808
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| English | On the two mathematical works `'Liuzhang'' and ``Sankai'' |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1609808 |
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25 June 2001
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history of mathematical education
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China
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Japan
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Korea
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On the two mathematical works `'Liuzhang'' and ``Sankai'' (English)
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The authors investigate common views of Japanese and Korean scholars concerning the origins of two lost mathematical textbooks used in Japan during the NARA and HEIAN periods (710-1185) and in Korea under SILLA reign (668-924). Japanese scholars believe, that the ``Sankai'' (lit. ``Three Roots'') and the ``Liu Zhang'' (lit. ``Six Chapters'') were transmitted from the Korean SILLA kingdom, whereas Korean historians claim, that these textbooks were compiled of material from the earlier Korean kingdom of PEAKCHE. By comparing historical material (i.e. book catalogs) from China and Japan Feng and Li conclude that both books were compiled in China by Gao Yun (390-487), a mathematician from Northern Wei Dynasty. They presume that the ``Sankai'' might be the same book as the ``Suan Shu'' (lit. ``Mathematical Procedures'') mentioned in the Biography of Gao Yun in the Annals of the Wei Dynasty.
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