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A Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in the History of MathematicsNeedham’s 19 (j) and Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A New Approach to the Communication and Transmission of Mathematical Knowledge from China to the West

A Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in the History of... [In his monumental Science and Civilisation in China, Joseph Needham focuses on mathematics in subsections (a) to (k) of section 19 in volume III. After evaluating the characteristics and contributions of ancient Chinese mathematics, Needham turns in the tenth subsection: (j) Influences and Transmissions. Here, he writes, “When, however, we ask what mathematical ideas seem to have radiated from China southwards and westwards, we found a quite considerable list.” ([Needham 1959], 146) Below we have compiled Needham’s “quite considerable list” in the form of a concise table.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in the History of MathematicsNeedham’s 19 (j) and Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A New Approach to the Communication and Transmission of Mathematical Knowledge from China to the West

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
ISBN
978-3-319-12029-4
Pages
165 –180
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-12030-0_8
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Abstract

[In his monumental Science and Civilisation in China, Joseph Needham focuses on mathematics in subsections (a) to (k) of section 19 in volume III. After evaluating the characteristics and contributions of ancient Chinese mathematics, Needham turns in the tenth subsection: (j) Influences and Transmissions. Here, he writes, “When, however, we ask what mathematical ideas seem to have radiated from China southwards and westwards, we found a quite considerable list.” ([Needham 1959], 146) Below we have compiled Needham’s “quite considerable list” in the form of a concise table.]

Published: May 13, 2015

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