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The ''Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections'' () is a mathematical text written by Chinese Southern Song dynasty mathematician Qin Jiushao in the year 1247. This book contains nine chapters: #Da Yan type (Indeterminate equations); #Heaven phenomena #Area of land and field #Surveying #Taxation #Storage of grains #Building construction #Military matters #Price and interest. Each chapter contains nine problems, a total of 81 problems. Apart from describing Chinese Remainder Theorem for the first time and providing a constructive proof for it, the text investigated: * Indeterminate equations * "Lin Long method" for numerical solution of polynomial equations, 570 years before Horner's method〔Yoshio Mikami, The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan, Chelsia, New York, 1913 edition, p77〕 * Areas of geometric shapes and * Linear simultaneous equations Like many traditional Chinese mathematical works, the text reflects a Confucian administrator's concern with more practical mathematical problems, like calendrical, mensural, and fiscal problems. The text existed in manuscript form in 1247, it was incorporated into The Yongle Encyclopedia in 1421; in 1787 the book was collected into Siku Quanshu, in 1842 appeared in woodblock printed edition. The 19th century British Protestant Christian missionary Alexander Wylie in his article ''Jottings on the Sciences of Chinese Mathematics'' published in ''North China Herald'' 1852, was the first person to introduce Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections to the West. in 1971 Belgian sinologist Ulrich Libbrecht published his doctorate dissertation, ''Chinese Mathematics in the Thirteenth Century'', which earned him a degree ''cum laude'' at Leiden University.〔Ulrich Libbrecht: ''Chinese Mathematics in the Thirteenth Century'': "Shu-shu Chiu-chang" of Ch'in Chiu-shao, Dover Publications Inc., ISBN 978-0-486-44619-6〕 ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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