The nine chapters on the mathematical art : companion and commentary

Written by Shen Kangsheng, John N. Crossley & Anthony Lun
Published by Oxford University Press (2000)

ISBN: 0198539363

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Book description
The nine chapters on the mathematical art is a classic text: the most important mathematical source in China during the past 2000 years, and comparable in significance to Euclid's Elements in the West.This volume contains the first complete English translation of the Nine Chapters, together with two commentaries written in the 3rd century (by Liu Hui) and 7th century AD, and a further commentary by the translators

About the author
John Crossley is Professor of Logic at Monash University. He has written, edited and translated over a dozen books on logic and the history of mathematics.

Tony Lun is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Monash University, and has published many papers on general relativity. He and John Crossley translated Chinese mathematics (OUP 1987).

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