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“The 徑田術(jingtian shu) (the method for measuring fields) in four excavated mathematical books on bamboo slips of the Qin and Han periods”

by Zhou Xuilin

Each session of the Reading Ancient Mathematical Texts Seminar opens with the short presentation of a primary source and the mathematical problems it raises, followed by the reading of this source, provided with an edition and a translation. One reading typically lasts 3 hours, mostly filled with constant exchanges where any naive question is welcomed. This allows us to think about the linguistic composition of the text, its philology, etc.


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Programme 2026–2027

Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
Zhou Xuilin,
The 徑田術(jingtian shu) (the method for measuring fields) in four excavated mathematical books on bamboo slips of the Qin and Han periods
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Observatoire de Paris, Chandon (14:00-17:00)
Mia Joskowicz,
Reworking Euclid’s Irrationals at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century
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Observatoire de Paris, Chandon (14:00-17:00)
Catherine Ledesert,
Oresme's Questions on Sacrobosco's De Spera
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Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
王 浩霖 (Haolin Wang),
To be announced
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Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
Carole Hofstetter,
To be announced
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Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
徳武 太郎 (Taro Tokutake),
Reading Śrīdhara’s Collection of Three Hundred (Triśatī): Multiple Manuscripts towards a New Critical Edition
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Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
Matthieu Husson,
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Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
Émilie Villey,
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Observatoire de Paris, salle du conseil (14:00-17:00)
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