Circle measurements in ancient China

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(86)90055-8zbMath0632.01002OpenAlexW4205271670WikidataQ28111509 ScholiaQ28111509MaRDI QIDQ1095126

Lay-Yong Lam, Tian Se Ang

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(86)90055-8

zbMATH Keywords

Mengqi bitan

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of measure and integration (28-03)

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