A proof of the Pythagorean theorem by Liu Hui (third century A.D.)

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(85)90071-0zbMath0561.01003OpenAlexW1968630855WikidataQ114214804 ScholiaQ114214804MaRDI QIDQ2265999

Donald Blackmore Wagner

Publication date: 1985

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90071-0

zbMATH Keywords

Pythagorean theoremdissectionJiuzhang suanshu

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Paleolithic and Neolithic times (01A10) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of geometry (51-03)

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Cites Work

• An early Chinese derivation of the volume of a pyramid: Liu Hui, third century A.D.
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