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Journal of Dialectics of Nature. 2012, (06) Core

The Origin and Function of Mathematics in the Prologues of the Ten Classics of Ancient Chinese MathematicsChinese Full Text

ZHOU Chang1,DUAN Yaoyong2,DUAN Leilei3(1.Xi’an University of Posts ＆ Telecommunications,Xi’an,Shaanxi,710121;2.The Chinese People’s Armed Police Force Academy,Langfang,Hebei,065000;3.College of Mathematics Science,Tianjin Normal University,Tianjin,300357)

Abstract: Chinese mathematicians think mathematical knowledge derives from the activities of production practice and is created by such sages as Baoxi,Huangdi and Lishou etc.As for the function of mathematics,there are three stratified progressive views:（1） Mathematics is used for solving the problems in production and the civilian practice activities,especially for constituting calendar,（2） The objective of mathematics research is to understand the universe and master the rule of nature,and more importan... More
Keywords：

The Ten Classics of Ancient Chinese Mathematics; The Origin of mathematics; The function of mathematics;

  • DOI：

    10.15994/j.1000-0763.2012.06.023

  • Series：

    (A) Mathematics/ Physics/ Mechanics/ Astronomy

  • Subject：

    Mathematics

  • Classification Code：

    O112

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