Talk:Wang Xiaotong

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Note: I believe that the source of this, the The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at University of St Andrews Scotland has a license compatible with GFDL, since it states: "We are very happy for you to use anything we have put together provided that you keep our names as authors on the bottom and if it is to be used on the Web include a link back to us." [1] However, to avoid question, I rewrote and abbreviated the material. DGG (talk) 18:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Newer articles about Wang Xiaotong and Jigu suanjing

Please note two newer articles related to Wang Xiaotong's book Jigu suanjing:

“The Grand Astrologer’s platform and ramp: Four problems in solid geometry from Wang Xiaotong’s ‘Continuation of ancient mathematics’ (7th century AD)”, by Tina Su-lyn Lim and Donald B. Wagner, Historia mathematica, 2013, 40.1: 3–35. Preprint http://donwagner.dk/WXT/Wang-Xiaotong-solid-geometry.htm Paid access http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0315086012000596

“Wang Xiaotong on right triangles: Six problems from ‘Continuation of ancient mathematics’ (7th century AD)”, by Tina Su-lyn Lim and Donald B. Wagner, forthcoming in East Asian science, technology, and medicine, 2013. Preprint http://donwagner.dk/WXT/Wang-Xiaotong-triangles.htm

188.178.120.12 (talk) 07:40, 8 May 2014 (UTC) Don Wagner