The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art: Companion and Commentary - Kangshen Shen, John N. Crossley, Anthony Wah-Cheung Lun, Hui Liu - Google Books

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The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art has been the most important mathematical source in China for the past 2000 years, comparable in significance to Euclid's Elements in the West. The Nine Chapters quickly acquired a distinguished reputation, and was…