East Asian mathematics

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Counting boards and markers, or counting rods, were used in China to solve systems of linear equations. This is an example from the 1st century ce.

Figure 9: The first example of a system of linear equations in the Nine Chapters. Chinese mathematics, coefficients, algorithms, calculations.

Cavalieri's principle

Chinese representation of Pascal's triangle

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East Asian mathematics: Media

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Counting boards and markers, or counting rods, were used in China to solve systems of linear equations. This is an example from the 1st century ce.

Counting boards and markers, or counting rods, were used in China to solve systems...

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Figure 9: The first example of a system of linear equations in the Nine Chapters. Chinese mathematics, coefficients, algorithms, calculations.

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Cavalieri's principle

Cavalieri's principle

Bonaventura Cavalieri observed that figures (solids) of equal height and in which...

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Chinese representation of Pascal's triangle

Chinese representation of Pascal's triangle

Chinese representation of Pascal's triangle. Each numeral (other than the 1s on the...

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