若干明清笔记中的数学史料

SOME HISTORICAL MATERIALS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE NOTES OF MING AND QING DYNASTIES

本文从若干明清笔记中撷取出一些与数学思想或方法有关的史料并加以分析,内容涉及标准化思想、镶符理论、出入相补原理、抽屉原则、透视法、极坐标、测量方法和大衍求一术等等。

This paper contains some historical materials of mathematics in thenotes of Ming and Qing Dynasties,which deal with the thought of stan-dardization,the inlay theory,the out-in complementary principle,the boxprinciple,the perspective method,the concept of polar coordinates,the me-thods or measurement,the Chinese remainder theorem,and so on.The ul-timate purpose of commentaries for these materials is to reveal the rela-tion between these mathematical topics and Chinese cultural background.