Shedding some light on a possible origin of a concept of fractions in China. Division as a link between the newly discovered manuscripts and \textit{The Gnomon of the Zhou [Dynasty]}

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Authors Karine Chemla

Publication date 9 September 2014

zbMATH Keywords

divisionfractionsNine ChaptersZhoubi suanjing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35)

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