Two problems in the \textit{Suanshu shu} (Book of mathematics): geometric relations between circles and squares and methods for determining their mutual relations

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2021.05.003MaRDI QIDQ2073408zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xulin Zhou

Publication date 2 February 2022

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2021.05.003

zbMATH Keywords

\textit{Suanshu shu}relation between circle and square

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Chinese mathematics (01A25)

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