Article ID: CBB000952278

Chinese Mathematicians' Researches on the Golden Section in the Early Qing Dynasty (2008)

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Dong, Jie (Author)
Wang, Wei-dong (Author)


Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Volume: 37, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 573-578


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

During the late Ming Dynasty, Golden Section, which is named by Xu Guangqi as Lifenzhongmoxian, was introduced into China by Euclid's element, and furthermore, Chinese mathematicians in the early Qing Dynasty enriched Golden Section by clarifying its principles according to their understandings. Three Chinese mathematicians, Li Zijin, Mei Wendingand Yang Zuomei, studied Golden Section from different aspects. What underlies their understandings is that they all adopted the same principle, gougu principle3, as the basis for explaining Golden Section. At the same time, they illustrated Golden Section by using various clear diagrams. Therefore, although there is different among them in the depth of adopting Golden Section, it is beyond all doubt that the three arithmeticians brought forth new ideas from the western arithmetic.

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Authors & Contributors
Li, Xinsheng
Yang, Yuda
Wang, Siming
Chang, Ping-Ying
Dauben, Joseph W.
Wu, Yunhao
Concepts
Mathematics
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
East Asia, civilization and culture
Medicine
Astronomy
Transmission of ideas
Time Periods
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
18th century
17th century
19th century
Yuan Dynasty (China, ca. 1260-1368)
Places
China
Japan
Europe
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Astronomical Bureau (China)
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