An early Chinese derivation of the volume of a pyramid: Liu Hui, third century A.D.
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Publication:1255478
DOI10.1016/0315-0860(79)90076-4zbMath0402.01001OpenAlexW2032142600MaRDI QIDQ1255478
Publication date: 1979
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(79)90076-4
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