Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns
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Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns
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Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns, Siyuan yujian, also referred to as Jade Mirror of the Four Origins, is a 1303 mathematical monograph by Yuan dynasty mathematician Zhu Shijie. Zhu advanced Chinese algebra with this Magnum opus. The book consists of an introduction and three books, with a total of 288 problems. The first four problems in the introduction illustrate his method of the four unknowns. He showed how to convert a problem stated verbally into a system of polynomial equations, by using
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1303 mathematical monograph by Zhu Shijie
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2013-08-12T21:04:57Z
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2024-09-13T18:47:40Z
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