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Ch'in Chiu-Shao was a genius in mathematics and was also accomplished in poetry, fencing, archery, riding, music and architecture.
He wrote Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections which appeared in 1247. It contains simultaneous integer congruences, the Chinese Remainder Theorem, and considers algebraic equations, areas of geometrical figures and linear simultaneous equations. This work on congruences was rediscovered by Gauss, Lebesgue and Stieltjes.
Texto original por: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
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| Mathematicians born in the same country
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| Cross-references to History Topics | A
history of Zero |
| Other references in MacTutor | Chronology: 1100 to 1300 |
| Honours awarded to Ch'in
Chiu-Shao (Click a link below for the full list of mathematicians honoured in this way) | |
| Lunar features | Crater Kuo Shou Ching |
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