Lương Thế Vinh (1441–1496) was an prominent Vietnamese scholar and mathematician of the fifteenth century.
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 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Quốc tử giám of Hanoi |
| Personal name | |
| Vietnamese alphabet | Lương Thế Vinh |
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| Chữ Hán | 梁世榮 |
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
- . Advanced methods of Mathematical Calculus
- . “Các phương pháp tính toán nâng cao”
References
Citations
Sources
- Volkov, Alexei (2002), "On the Origins of the Toan phap dai thanh", in Samplonius, Yvonne Dold; Dauben, Josephn W. (eds.), 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 (eds.), 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 (ed.), 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