• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.1-24
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• 2005

Although indeterminate equations were dealt in Jiu zhang suan shu and then in Sun zi suan fing and Zhang Giu Jian suan Jing in China, they did not get any substantial development until Qin Jiu Shao introduced da yan shu in his great book Shu shu jiu zhang which solves goneral systems of linear congruences. We first investigate his da yan shu and then study the history of indeterminate equations in Chosun Dynasty. Further, we compare Qin's da yan shu with that in San Hak Jung Eui written by Chosun mathematician Nam Byung Gil.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.1-14
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• 2003

The Nine Chapters by Liu Hui(劉徽) in the three kingdoms(220∼265 AD) is the fundamental source of the traditional Chinese Mathematics and has not only remained the lighthouse of the traditional Chinese Mathematics over the last 2000 years, but also has exerted a profound influence on the development of mathematics in the neigh-bouring countries and regions. At last it also translated into English. In this paper, some differences between the Orignal and the New Translated Nine Chapters will be introduced and a problem of Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections (Shushu Jiuzhang, 수서구장, 1247) of Qin Jiushao(진구소, 1202∼1261 AD) in the Song (송, 960∼1261 AD) Dynasty It looks like an insect in the amber but not error.