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gauss elimination was known to the Chinese (2nd century BC)
by toolslive 13y ago
gauss elimination was known to the Chinese (2nd century BC)
- eru 13y agoInteresting. Do you have any pointers for further reading?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 13y agoHere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Chapters_on_the_Mathematical_Art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Chapters_on_the_Mathem... and GE was known to Newton, so it wasn't 19th century even in the west (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_elimination#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_elimination#History)
- eru 13y agoThanks!