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Flourished c.1050 -
Notable Works “Huangdi jiuzhang suanfa xicao”

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Blaise Pascal first described his triangle for generating the coefficients of a binomial expansion in 1665. The Chinese version, however, is centuries older. It was included as an illustration in Zhu Shijie's Siyuan yujian (1303; “Precious Mirror of Four Elements”), where it was already called the “Old Method.”
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Minggantu
Chinese astronomer and mathematician
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Mei Wending
Chinese writer
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Zhao Youqin
Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and Daoist
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Li Rui
Chinese mathematician and astronomer
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Mei Juecheng
Chinese mathematician and astronomer
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Zu Geng
Chinese government official, mathematician, and astronomer
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Li Chunfeng
Chinese mathematician and astronomer
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Zu Chongzhi
Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and engineer
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Xu Yue
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Shen Kuo
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Zhang Heng
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Liu Hui
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Li Ye
Chinese mathematician
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Li Zhizao
Chinese mathematician and astronomer
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Zhu Shijie
Chinese mathematician
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Li Shanlan
Chinese mathematician
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Qin Jiushao
Chinese mathematician
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Wang Xiaotong
Chinese mathematician
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Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
Giordano Bruno
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