Article ID: CBB000760556

Tangent Numbers: Their Meaning and the History of Research on Them in China and the West (2008)

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Luo, Jianjin (Author)


Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Volume: 37, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 120-123


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Description A history of the understanding of the concept of tangent as it arose in the 19th century.


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Authors & Contributors
Cohen, H. Floris
Kubin, Wolfgang
Cao, Yi
Vogel, Hans Ulrich
Steinberg, Michael
Sela, Ori
Concepts
Western world, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural comparison
East Asia, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Medicine
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
19th century
17th century
Premodern
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Places
China
Greece
Europe
Japan
Asia
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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