Article ID: CBB000019827

Chinese interest in right-angle triangles (1978)

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Description Concludes that the interest was mainly practical, for the purposes of surveying.


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Authors & Contributors
Knorr, Wilbur Richard
Goldstein, Catherine
Zormbala, Konstantina
Saito, Ken
Presas i Puig, Albert
Marinoni, Augusto
Time Periods
Renaissance
17th century
19th century
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