Generality above Abstraction: The General Expressed in Terms of the Paradigmatic in Mathematics in Ancient China

Science in Context

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-458

  Chemla, Karine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0346041509     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889703000905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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