This paper gives a review of Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,Companion and Commentary by Shen Kangshen in collaboration with J.N.Crossley and Anthony W.-C. Lun.In the beginning the paper overviews briefly the Ru...This paper gives a review of Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,Companion and Commentary by Shen Kangshen in collaboration with J.N.Crossley and Anthony W.-C. Lun.In the beginning the paper overviews briefly the Russian,Japanese,English,German and French translations of Jiuzhang Suanshu during the past 50 years.Then it introduces the whole process in the preparation of the book.The paper focuses on the content and quality of the translation,and gives some examples to show how the authors carefully select words and special terms appropriately corresponding to (Chinese and the equivalent English. There are also in it some passages to )indicate that the translation work is indeed trustworthy,faithful and elegant.Finally,the paper sums up the merits of the Book in gathering togethering all that is good in Jiuzhang Suanshu itself,Liu Hui′s & Li Chunfeng ′s Commentaries and the Sea Island Manual, as well as in providing a lot of supplementary materials and new notes.展开更多
Air exploratory discussion of an ancient Chinese algorithm, the Ying Buzu Shu, in about 2nd century BC, known as the rule of double false position in the West is given. In addition to pointing out that the rule of dou...Air exploratory discussion of an ancient Chinese algorithm, the Ying Buzu Shu, in about 2nd century BC, known as the rule of double false position in the West is given. In addition to pointing out that the rule of double false position is actually a translation version of the ancient Chinese algorithm, a comparison with well-known Newton iteration method is also made. If derivative is introduced, the ancient Chinese algorithm reduces to the Newton method. A modification of the ancient Chinese algorithm is also proposed, and some of applications to nonlinear oscillators are illustrated.展开更多
文摘This paper gives a review of Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,Companion and Commentary by Shen Kangshen in collaboration with J.N.Crossley and Anthony W.-C. Lun.In the beginning the paper overviews briefly the Russian,Japanese,English,German and French translations of Jiuzhang Suanshu during the past 50 years.Then it introduces the whole process in the preparation of the book.The paper focuses on the content and quality of the translation,and gives some examples to show how the authors carefully select words and special terms appropriately corresponding to (Chinese and the equivalent English. There are also in it some passages to )indicate that the translation work is indeed trustworthy,faithful and elegant.Finally,the paper sums up the merits of the Book in gathering togethering all that is good in Jiuzhang Suanshu itself,Liu Hui′s & Li Chunfeng ′s Commentaries and the Sea Island Manual, as well as in providing a lot of supplementary materials and new notes.
文摘Air exploratory discussion of an ancient Chinese algorithm, the Ying Buzu Shu, in about 2nd century BC, known as the rule of double false position in the West is given. In addition to pointing out that the rule of double false position is actually a translation version of the ancient Chinese algorithm, a comparison with well-known Newton iteration method is also made. If derivative is introduced, the ancient Chinese algorithm reduces to the Newton method. A modification of the ancient Chinese algorithm is also proposed, and some of applications to nonlinear oscillators are illustrated.
