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The Algorithm of Extraction in Greek and Sino-Indian Mathematical Traditions

In: Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics

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  • Duan Yao-Yong

    (The Chinese People’s Armed Police Force Academy)

  • Kostas Nikolantonakis

    (University of West Macedonia)

Abstract

Summary In this paper, the problem of the origin of the algorithm of extraction is discussed. It is shown that the same algorithm, despite different mathematical cultures, existed in ancient China and Greece. The algorithm of extraction in China is algebraic and mechanical, in Greece geometric. The authors contrast the algorithm of extraction in China to that of Līlāvatī in India, though mathematics in ancient China and India both belong to the system of algorithms. In addition, the authors make use of the original literature of Greece, and at the same time, new results on the mathematics in the pre-Qin period, the outline of the algorithm of extraction in the pre-Nine Chapters.

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  • Duan Yao-Yong & Kostas Nikolantonakis, 2009. "The Algorithm of Extraction in Greek and Sino-Indian Mathematical Traditions," Springer Books, in: B.S. Yadav & Man Mohan (ed.), Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics, pages 171-184, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-8176-4695-0_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4695-0_11
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