Biography:Lương Thế Vinh
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Short description: Vietnamese scholar and mathematician
Lương Thế Vinh | |
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 Lương Thế Vinh's self-portrait in Liên Bảo temple | |
| Born | 1441 Cao Phương, Liên Bảo, Vụ Bản District, Nam Định Province |
| Died | 1496 Vụ Bản District, Nam Định Province |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Quốc tử giám of Hanoi |
Template:Infobox Vietnamese Lương Thế Vinh (1441–1496) was an prominent Vietnamese scholar and mathematician of the fifteenth century.
Life
Lương Thế Vinh was born in the district of Vụ Bản, Nam Định Province, and during the mid-15th century. He obtained doctorate in 1463 or 1478, during the reign of Le Thanh Tong, the golden era of Vietnamese scholarship.[1] He co-worked with Vũ Hựu, another scholar, and introduced Chinese mathematical methods into Vietnam.[2]
Works
Math:
- Great Compendium of Mathematical Methods–Đại thành Toán pháp (edited).
- Khải minh Toán học
Chèo:
- Hý phường phả lục
Buddhism:
- Thiền môn Khoa giáo
References
Citations
- ↑ Volkov 2002, p. 375.
- ↑ Volkov 2002, p. 376.
Sources
- Volkov, Alexei (2002), "On the Origins of the Toan phap dai thanh", From China to Paris: 2000 Years Transmission of Mathematical Ideas, Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. 369–410, ISBN 978-3-515-08223-5
- Volkov, Alexei (2009), "Mathematics and Mathematics Education in Traditional Vietnam", in Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline, The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 153–76, ISBN 978-0-19-921312-2
- Volkov, Alexei (2016), "Mathematics in Vietnam", in Selin, Helaine, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (3 ed.), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 2818-2833, ISBN 978-94-007-7748-4
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