A History of Chinese Mathematics

Part I. The Context of Chinese Mathematics

1. The Historiographical Context

2. The Historical Context

3. The Notion of Chinese Mathematics

4. Applications of Chinese Mathematics

5. The Structure of Mathematical Works

6. Mathematical Terminology

7. Modes of Reasoning

8. Chinese Mathematicians

9. The Transmission of Knowledge

10. Influences and Transmission

11. Main Works and Main Authors (from the Origins to 1600)

Part II. The Content of Chinese Mathematics

12. Numbers and Numeration

13. Calculating Instruments

14. Techniques for Numerical Computation

15. Geometry

16. Indeterminate Problems

17. Approximation Formulae

18. Li Shanlan's Summation Formulae

19. Infinite Series

20. Magic Squares and Puzzles

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