How did Chinese deal with a scientific problem: Building the solar eclipse theory in ancient China (the 7th-10th century AD)
In the 6th century, the phenomena of irregularity of the solar motion and parallax of the moon were found by Chinese astronomers. This made the calculation of solar eclipse much more complex than before. The strategy that Chinese calendar-makers dealt with was different from the geometrical model system like Greek astronomers taken as. What Chinese astronomers chose is a numerical algorithm system which was widely taken as a thinking mode to construct the theory of mathematical astronomy in old China.
Date:
27 July 2018, 16:30 (Friday, 14th week, Trinity 2018)
Venue:
Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details:
Lecture room L6
Speaker:
Anjing Qu (Xi'an)
Organising department:
Mathematical Institute
Organiser:
Christopher Hollings (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
christopher.hollings@maths.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Christopher Hollings (University of Oxford)
Part of:
History of Mathematics Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Christopher Hollings
