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Liu Hui (fl. 3rd century CE) was a Chinese mathematician who published a commentary in 263 CE on Jiu Zhang Suan Shu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art). He was a descendant of the Marquis of Zixiang of the Eastern Han dynasty and lived in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 CE) of China.
Liu Hui was a Chinese mathematician. All that is known about the life of Liu Hui is that he lived in the northern Wei kingdom (see Three Kingdoms) during the 3rd century ce. His fame rests on the commentary he completed in 263 on Jiuzhang suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art)—a.
Liu Hui was a Chinese mathematician who wrote a commentary of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. View two larger pictures. Biography. Liu Hui lived in the Kingdom of Wei so it is likely that he worked in what is now the Shansi province in north-central China.
An article by Philip D. Strattin, Jr. that introduces the life and achievements of Liu Hui, a third-century mathematician who wrote commentaries on the Nine Chapters and the Sea Island Mathematical Manual. Learn about Liu Hui's methods and results in geometry, fractions, and infinite processes.
Liu Hui wrote a detailed commentary in 263. He analyses the procedures of The Nine Chapters step by step, in a manner which is clearly designed to give the reader confidence that they are reliable, although he is not concerned to provide formal proofs in the Euclidean manner. Liu's commentary is of great mathematical interest in its own right.
All what is known about the Chinese mathematician LIU HUI is that in 263 he wrote a commentary on one of the most important books of Chinese mathematics, Jiuzhang suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art).
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Science. Dictionaries thesauruses pictures and press releases. Liu Hui. views 1,342,206 updated. Liu Hui. ( fl. China, ca, a.d. 250) mathematics. Nothing is known about the life of Liu Hui, except that he flourished in the kingdom of Wei toward the end of the Three Kingdoms period (a.d. 221–265).
