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'''Xu Yue''' was a second-century mathematician |
'''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> |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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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 |
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]]. |
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''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) |
''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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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 24 October 2024
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.