Zu Gengzhi
Zu Gengzhi | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 祖暅之 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 祖暅之 | ||||||||
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Jingshuo (courtesy name) | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 景爍 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 景烁 | ||||||||
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Zu Geng or Zu Gengzhi (Chinese: 祖暅之; Wade–Giles: Tsu Keng-chih; ca. 480 – ca. 525) was a Chinese mathematician, politician, and writer. His courtesy name was Jingshuo (景爍). He was the son of the famous mathematician Zu Chongzhi.[1] He is known principally for deriving and proving the formula for the volume of a sphere. He additionally measured the angular distance between Polaris and the celestial north pole.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Zu Gengzhi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
External links[]
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Zu Gengzhi", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews
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- 6th-century Chinese writers
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