Tina Su Lyn Lim; Donald B. Wagner. The Continuation of Ancient Mathematics: Wang Xiaotong's Jigu suanjing, Algebra, and Geometry in Seventh-Century China. xii 220 pp., figs., app., bibl., index. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2017. pounds18.99 (paper). ISBN 9788776942175
2018
Abstract
Review of the English translation of an important text in the history of Chinese mathematics, the seventh century manual Jigu suanjing by Wang Xiaotong. The translation is meticulous and accompanied by a thorough reconstruction of the mathematical operations used in the book and the probable reasoning behind them.