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Xu Yue was a second-century mathematician born in Donglai, in present-day Shandong province, China. Little is known of his life except that he was a student of Liu Hong, an astronomer, and mathematician in second-century China, and had frequent discussions with the Astronomer-Royal of the Astronomical Bureau.^[1]

Works

Xu Yue wrote a commentary on Nine Chapters on Mathematical Art and a treatise, Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Methods. The commentary has been lost, but his own work has survived with a commentary from Zhen Luan.

Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Methods mentions 14 old methods of calculation. This book was a prescribed mathematical text for the Imperial examinations in 656 and became one of The Ten Mathematical Classics (算经十书) in 1084.^[2]

References

^ Selin, Helaine (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer.
^ "Xu Yue". MacTutor History of Mathematics. 2003-12-01. Retrieved 2016-12-27.

External links

O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Xu Yue (mathematician)", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

[1] Selin, Helaine (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer.

[2] "Xu Yue". MacTutor History of Mathematics. 2003-12-01. Retrieved 2016-12-27.

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-'''Xu Yue''' was a second-century mathematician, born in [[Donglai Commandery|Donglai]], in present-day [[Shandong]] province, [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Little is known of his life except that he was a student of [[Liu Hong (astronomer)|Liu Hong]], an astronomer and mathematician in second century China, and had frequent discussions with the Astronomer-Royal of the Astronomical Bureau.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Selin|editor-first=Helaine |title= Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures|url= https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789401714167|publisher= Springer}}</ref>
+'''Xu Yue''' was a second-century mathematician born in [[Donglai Commandery|Donglai]], in present-day [[Shandong]] province, [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Little is known of his life except that he was a student of [[Liu Hong (astronomer)|Liu Hong]], an astronomer, and mathematician in second-century China, and had frequent discussions with the Astronomer-Royal of the Astronomical Bureau.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Selin|editor-first=Helaine |title= Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures|url= https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789401714167|publisher= Springer}}</ref>
 == Works ==
-Xu Yue wrote a commentary on ''[[The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art|Nine Chapters on Mathematical Art]]'' and a treatise, ''Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Methods''. The commentary has been lost but his own work has survived with a commentary from [[Zhen Luan]].
+Xu Yue wrote a commentary on ''[[The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art|Nine Chapters on Mathematical Art]]'' and a treatise, ''[[Shushu Jiyi|Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Methods]]''. The commentary has been lost, but his own work has survived with a commentary from [[Zhen Luan]].
 ''Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Methods'' mentions 14 old methods of calculation. This book was a prescribed mathematical text for the Imperial examinations in 656 and became one of ''[[The Ten Computational Canons|The Ten Mathematical Classics]]'' (算经十书) in 1084.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Xu_Yue.html |title=Xu Yue |date=2003-12-01 |website=MacTutor History of Mathematics|access-date= 2016-12-27}}</ref>
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 [[Category:Ancient Chinese mathematicians]]
 [[Category:Mathematicians from Shandong]]
-[[Category:2nd-century mathematicians]]
+[[Category:2nd-century Chinese mathematicians]]

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