Lương Thế Vinh (1441–1496) was a prominent
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scholar and
mathematician
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of the fifteenth century.
Life
Lương Thế Vinh was born in the district of Vụ Bản,
Nam Định Province
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, and during the mid-15th century. He obtained doctorate in 1463 or 1478, during the reign of
Le Thanh Tong, the golden era of Vietnamese scholarship. He co-worked with
Vũ Hựu, another scholar, and introduced Chinese mathematical methods into Vietnam.
Works
Math:
* ''Great Compendium of Mathematical Methods''–Đại thành Toán pháp (edited).
* ''Khải minh Toán học''
Chèo
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:
* ''Hý phường phả lục''
Buddhism:
* ''Thiền môn Khoa giáo''
*. Advanced methods of Mathematical Calculus
*. “Các phương pháp tính toán nâng cao”
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Vietnamese mathematicians
People from Nam Định province
Lê dynasty officials
1441 births
1496 deaths
15th-century mathematicians
Trạng nguyên
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