Article ID: CBB000933771

Bian Gang's Method of “Subtract before Multiply” as Derived from Yi Xing (2009)

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Wu, Jiabi (Author)


Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 28
Pages: 376--386


Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

The method of subtract befrore multipy summarized by the Bian Gan of lat eTang dynasty is an important one about ancient Chinese calendric calculation. Previoulsy nobody knew where it derived from. In fact, it was spread form the calculating formula fo rthe differenc eof ecliptic longitude and right ascension in monk Yi Xin's Dayan Calendar. Being derived from traditional Chinese algortihm, it was imila rto the simple p roposition of isoperimetric problem that all isperimetric rectangles only the area of a square was maximum.

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Authors & Contributors
Qu, Anjing
Ji, Yongliang
Zhao, Rui-ting
Yuan, Min
Wu, Jiabi
Wang, Jichao
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Lishi yuyan yanjiuso jikan (Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica)
Journal of Dialectics of Nature
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Historia Mathematica
Publishers
Ke xue chu ban she
Johns Hopkins University
Champion
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Mathematics
Astronomy
Calendars
Primary literature (historical sources)
Agriculture
People
Zhang, Wenshou
Yi Xing
Wang, Xiaotong
Qian, Baocong
Time Periods
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907)
Ancient
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
Medieval
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Places
China
Europe
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