The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Procedures

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Figure 9: The first example of a system of linear equations in the Nine Chapters. Chinese mathematics, coefficients, algorithms, calculations.

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The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Procedures

Chinese mathematics

Also known as: “Jiuzhang suanshu”, “Nine Chapters”, “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art”

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In East Asian mathematics: The textual sources
…Chinese is Jiuzhang suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art), which contains arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric algorithms, presented in relation to problems, some of which evoke the duties of the civil administration: surveying fields (areas), levying taxes according to various types of grains (ratios), determining wages for civil…
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Liu Hui

In Liu Hui
…263 on Jiuzhang suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art)—a mathematical canon of the 1st century bce or ce that played a similar role in the East to Euclid’s Elements in the West. Liu’s commentary on The Nine Chapters proved the correctness of its algorithms. These proofs are…
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Pythagorean theorem

In Pythagorean theorem
In the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Procedures (or Nine Chapters), compiled in the 1st century ce in China, several problems are given, along with their solutions, that involve finding the length of one of the sides of a right triangle when given the other two sides.…
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Zu Geng

In Zu Geng
263) on Jiuzhang suanshu (Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Procedures), a Chinese classic probably compiled in the 1st century ce (see mathematics, East Asian: Mathematics in China). Fragments of Zu Geng’s writings are also found in the astronomical chapter of Suishu (“History of the Sui Dynasty”).
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