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Approximate Approaches in Chinese and Chosun Mathematics  

Chang, Hye-Won (Department of Mathematics Education, Chinju National University of Education)
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Journal for History of Mathematics / v.24, no.2, 2011 , pp. 1-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
Approximation is a very useful approach in mathematics research. It was the same in traditional Chinese and Chosun mathematics. This study derived five characteristics from approximation approaches which were found in Chinese and Chosun mathematical books: improvement of approximate values, common and inevitable use of approximate values, recognition of approximate values and their reasons, comparison of their exactness, application of approximate principles. Through these characteristics, we can infer what Chinese and Chosun mathematicians recognized approximate values and how they manipulated them. They took approximate approaches by necessity or for the sake of convenience in mathematical study and its applications. Also, they tried to improve the degree of exactness of approximate values and use the inverse calculations to check them.
Keywords
approximate values; approximate principles; approximate approaches; Chinese mathematics; Chosun mathematics;
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