The Chinese roots of linear algebra

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Authors Roger Hart

Publication date 6 January 2011

zbMATH Keywords

linear algebradeterminantsLeibnizdouble false positionJiuzhang suanshuSeki Takakazuindeterminate linear systemsSuanshushuthe ``well problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of linear algebra (15-03)

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