Dear all
The following item can be found in Japan Times ST
on Friday, Feb. 26 1999.
Early China math predates Greeks:
PARIS (AFP) - Chinesne mathematicians used formulae
2000 yaers ago comparable to the algorithms used by
computer scientists today, says a French scientist and
Sinologist who is translating a classical ancient Chinese
work.
In a newsletter publishied by the National Center for
Scientific Research, Karine Chemla says she and a Chinese
colleague, Guo Shuchun, found problems in "Nine chapters
on mathematical procedures," which until now were thought
to have been first tackled by ancient Greek mathematicians.
The ancient Chinese work, by unknown authors, dates from
a period spanning the two centuries immediately before and
after the birth of Jesus Christ.
Could you tell me how to get the newsletter by NCSR.
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Hiroshi Kotera
1014-4 Tokujyo-cho
Nara City 630-8144 JAPAN
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~nj7h-ktr/
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