Zhou Dynasty
Zhou Bi Suan Jing
Book Compilation (1 janv. 1046 av. J.-C. – 1 janv. 256 av. J.-C.)
Description:
The Zhou Bi Suan Jing (周髀算经) is a book called The Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths of Heaven. It is one of the oldest of Chinese mathmatical texts.
Compilation of the contents took place first in the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE—256 BCE), and continued into the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE). Its contents include 246 problems, along with the corresponding answers and arithmetic algorithms. Found within this collection is a recorded proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Pythagorean Theorem
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