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Counting boards and markers, or counting rods, were used in China to solve systems of linear equations. This is an example from the 1st century ce. Figure 9: The first example of a system of linear equations in the Nine Chapters. Chinese mathematics, coefficients, algorithms, calculations. Cavalieri's principle Chinese representation of Pascal's triangle
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Counting boards and markers, or counting rods, were used in China to solve systems of linear equations. This is an example from the 1st century ce.
Figure 9: The first example of a system of linear equations in the Nine Chapters. Chinese mathematics, coefficients, algorithms, calculations.
Cavalieri's principle
Chinese representation of Pascal's triangle
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