Reconstruction of the ancient Chinese mathematics based on recently discovered mathematics books of Qin-Han period

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350388
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Osaka Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: Harikae Toshio 大阪産業大学, 全学教育機構, 教授 (50309176)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大川 俊隆 大阪産業大学, 教養部, 教授 (00185208) ; 田村 誠 大阪産業大学, 全学教育機構, 教授 (40309175)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 中国数学 / 九章算術 / 科学史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The book “Shu” is one of the books of Qin bamboo slips purchased by the Yuelu Academy. We make translation and annotation of “Shu” in the same manner as our work on “Suanshu-shu,” that is, the very first procedure is to decipher the letters from photographs with the following investigation of the results from the mathematical and historical viewpoints. We also make translation and annotation of “Jiuzhang Suanshu(The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art)”by using the knowledge obtained from “Suanshu-shu”and “Shu.”Furthermore we compare problems in the books “Suanshu-shu,”“Shu” and “Jiuzhang Suanshu.”

Free Research Field

数学史