centuries. But, (1) by the 5th century, it seems that the Chinese already
had the concept of negative numbers and perhaps also had the concept
Various other
of "zero", Around the 13th century, Chinese mathematicians were
solving equations using methods that Europeans would not discover
until 500 years later!
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Unfortunately, near the end of the 14th century, the leaders of
China began to be critical of math and science. Because of this change
in attitude, people turned away from the study of math to study
10 plants and medicine instead. It wasn't until the 19th century that the
Chinese would become interested in math again, but this time under
the influence of European mathematical knowledge.
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