Biography:Zu Gengzhi
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Zu Geng or Zu Gengzhi (Chinese: 祖暅之; Wade–Giles: Tsu Keng-chih; ca. 480 – ca. 525) was a Chinese mathematician, politician, and writer. His courtesy name was Jingshuo (景爍). He was the son of the famous mathematician Zu Chongzhi.[1] He is known principally for deriving and proving the formula for the volume of a sphere. He additionally measured the angular distance between Polaris and the celestial north pole.
See also
- List of Chinese mathematicians
References
- ↑ "Zu Gengzhi". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1073908/Zu-Gengzhi. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Zu Gengzhi", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Zu_Geng.html.
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