Cheng Dawei, who lived from 1533 to 1606, was a Chinese mathematician and writer best known as the author of the Suanfa Tongzong, or General Source of Computational Methods, first published in 1592. He was not a professional mathematician but a travelling local agent with a talent for arithmetic who bought mathematical books without asking the price and collected difficult problems from experienced practitioners. His book is essentially a general arithmetic for the abacus and a compilation of problems from earlier works. It was reprinted many times and reached a vast popular audience, and he has been described as the most illustrious Chinese arithmetician.
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Cheng Dawei (程大位, 1533–1606), also known as Da Wei Cheng or Ch'eng Ta-wei, was a Chinese mathematician and writer who was known mainly as the author of Suanfa Tongzong (算法統宗) (General Source of Computational Methods).
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He published the Suanfa tong zong ( General source of computational methods) in 1592 and almost all that is known about his life is contained in a passage written in the Preface of the book by one of his descendents when the book was being reprinted.
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Cheng Dawei (程大位, 1533-1606), also known as Da Wei Cheng or Ch'eng Ta-wei, was a Chinese mathematician and writer who was known mainly as the author of Suanfa Tongzong (算法統宗) (General Source of Computational Methods).
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Cheng Dawei (程大位, 1533-1606), also known as Da Wei Cheng or Ch'eng Ta-wei, was a Chinese mathematician and writer who was known mainly as the author of Suanfa Tongzong (算法統宗) (General Source of Computational Methods).
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