摘要
《数理精蕴》是康熙时代由耶稣会士和中国数学家编译的以介绍西方数学为主的重要著作,它对18、19世纪中国数学产生了很大的影响。本文考察了《数理精蕴》中对数著作的西方数学来源,认为此书已把英国数学家Briggs的对数造表法介绍到中国;分析了19世纪中国数学家戴煦的《对数简法》,认为戴煦二项展开式的成就受到了《数理精蕴》Briggs对数造表法的影响。
Shu Li, Jing Yun, a very famous mathematical encyclopaedia compiled during the Kangxi period (ca. 1689—1723), was completed by the French Jesuits who came to China around 1700 under the surpervision of Emperor Kangxi. The book had a great influence on Chinese mathematicians in the 19th century. After fully investigating Shu Li Jing Yun, the author points out that the French Jesuits had almost completely translated into Chinese, the English mathematician H. Brigg's (1556—1630) method for calculating logarithm. By comparing the Chinese mathematician Dai Xu's (1805—1860) method for studying the binomial theorem, this paper concludes that Briggs' method was very helpful to Dai Xu's discovery of binomial theorem which resulted from Shu Li Jing Yun in Dui Shu Jian Fa (Method for Calculating Logarithm Simply).
出处
《自然科学史研究》
CSCD
1992年第2期109-119,共11页
Studies in The History of Natural Sciences
关键词
数理精蕴
对数造表法
二项式定理
Shu Li Jing Yun, method for calculating logarithm, Dai Xu, binomial theorem
