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1、中国古代数学的辉煌与衰落(ThebrillianceanddeclineofChineseAncientMathematics)Thetwenty-ninthvolumefirstissueofJournalofNorthwestAgricultureandForestryUniversity(NATURALSCIENCEEDITION)Vol.29No.12001R.ofNorthwFebruaryJouESTSci2TECHUniv.ofAgri.andFoR.(Na.tSc.iEd.)Feb.2001Chinesebrilliantancientmathem
2、aticsandthedeclineofalphaWangNaixin1,XuRuifeng1,FuXianghua2(1NorthwestAgricultureandForestryUniversityCollegeoflifescience;2SchoolofmechanicalandelectricalengineeringShaanxi,Yangling712100)[Abstract]Chinabrilliantperiodofancientmathematicsthree:"ninechaptersofarithmetic"period","book"
3、zhuishuperiod,thenumberoftheninechapter"period.TherearethreereasonsforthedeclineofancientmathematicsChina:Confucianism,defylogic,despisemathematicalknowledge;advocatemetaphysics,astrologicalsuperstition,distortedmathematicalthinking;mathematicalsymbolsinrefusingtorestonitslaurels.[Key
4、words]Chinesehistoryofmathematics;theninechapterarithmetic;zhuishu;numbernine[CLC]O[112]A[documentcodeArticleNo.]100022782(2001)0120110205BritishscholarJosephNeedham(JosephNeedham)(1900~1995)oncewiththisquestionofChinesescienceandcivilizationfromancienttimestothelongyearsofthefifteent
5、hCentury,ChineseintheapplicationofnaturalknowledgetomeettheneedsofpeoplewhoisbetterthanEuropeans,whynotinthemodernscientificrevolutionChina?WhatisthereasonbehindthewesternscienceChinesenearlyhundredsofyears?Thisquestion,peoplecalledJosephNeedham(NeedhamThesis).Thisstudyanalyzesthehist
6、oryofChineseancientmathematics,analyzesJosephNeedham'sproposition,andtriestofindthereasonsforthedeclineofChinesemathematics.1,theriseandfallofancientChinesemathematics,severalthousandyears,Chinesemathematicshasbeenseveralglorious,severaltimesdecline,inthepastfewhundredyears,farbehindt
7、hewest.Theancientssaid:"thehistory,wecanseetheriseandfall."ThestudyofthebrillianceanddeclineofChineseancientmathematics,especiallytheanalysisofthereasonsbehindthebackwardnessofChinesemathematics,isofgreatsignificancetotherejuvenationofthecountrythroughscienceandeducation.Theauthorbeli
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