摘要
曲安京所著《中国历法与数学》一书,探讨中国古代历法中天文常数与算法的构造机理及其数学思想,对上元积年、渐近分数、内插法、历法中的公式化计算等历法中的重要数学问题进行了原创性的研究,提出了很有说服力的观点与论据。该书把数学史与天文史结合在一起的研究思路也是富有启发性的,是一部成果颇丰的交叉学科性学术著作。
This article reviews Qu Anjing＇s The Chinese Calendar and Mathematics （Science Press, 2005）. It points out that the book is mainly concerned with the reconstruction of astronomical constants and mathematical operations used in the making of calendars in ancient China. The book presents original studies and convincing conclusions and arguments on various important mathematical problems in calendar-making, such as the determination of Grand Ep- och, the approximation of fractions, the method of interpolation, and the formularization of calendrical computations. The article concludes that this book, with remarkable achievements, is a stimulating work of interdisciplinary research of Chinese mathematical astronomy.
出处
《自然科学史研究》
CSCD
北大核心
2006年第1期83-89,共7页
Studies in The History of Natural Sciences
关键词
数学史
中算史
中国古代历法
数理天文学
mathematical history, Chinese mathematics, ancient Chinese calendars,mathematical astronomy
