He has made remarkable achievements in scientific research and the translation and introduction of modern western mathematics.
Hua, and the word Ruoting. 1833 was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. 1902 died of illness,
When I was 70.
Hua has been interested in natural science, especially mathematics since he was a child.
At the age of 14, he had carefully studied "Algorithmic Unification", which was a book that collected China's mathematical achievements since the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
The residual copy basically mastered its content. From 1848 to 1852, he continued to study hard.
I have read China's classical mathematics works, such as Zhou Kuai Shu Jing and Nine Chapters Arithmetic.
Works. At the same time, he worked hard to learn the latest translations of western mathematics works at that time, and every time
Get a book, often learn endlessly, and associate with Xu Shou, a modern chemist in China.
"Day and night, we learn from each other, * * * solve problems, and then it's easy."
Therefore, Hua laid a solid mathematical foundation when he was young. 1859, huaheng
Fang wrote his first mathematical work, Parabolic Brief Talk.
186 1 year, Hua and Xu Shouxian entered Anqing Inner Ordnance Institute to accept trial-produced guns and shells.
The task of medicine. In the trial production, they carefully studied the modern science related to the west and absorbed the first place.
Become knowledge. The following year, they and Wu tried wooden boats, and after three months of hard work.
Force, first made into a small steam engine. 1864, ordnance institute moved to Nanjing, he and Xu
Life cooperation continued to trial-produce, and finally successfully trial-produced a steam ship weighing 25 tons and with a speed of about 28 miles per hour.
Oriole Through all kinds of trial-production work at this stage, we not only further studied China.
I have gained a lot of knowledge of western modern mathematics, and my application has deepened my understanding of western modern mathematics.
Understanding of the advanced nature of learning. Since then, he has been determined to devote his life to translating western mathematical documents.
Study the relationship between Chinese and western mathematics.
1865, Shanghai Jiangnan manufacturing bureau was established. Hua then joined the manufacturing bureau. He Yuxi
Shou immediately proposed to attach a translation hall to translate a large number of western-language themes related to the production of the manufacturing bureau
Technical books.
Jiangnan manufacturing bureau translation hall has Hua, Xu Shou,
Li and others are the backbone. Under their leadership, the translation library has translated about 170 books.
There are many kinds, far exceeding the number of translated works of Shi Jing Wentong Museum in the same period, and it became China at that time.
One of the most important book translation institutions, in order to spread modern western scientific and technological knowledge to Chinese people in time.
The role of pioneer. Hua has participated in the translation and proofreading of many works, including
Keywords new anti-sea theory, algebra, traceability of differential product, solution of algebraic problem,
Mathematical trigonometry, arithmetic solution, brief explanation of earth science and identification of stone carvings
And many modern western mathematical works such as Doubtful Numbers and Combination of Numbers.
The books he translated cover a wide range of subjects, involving mathematics, geology, geography and other fields, but
Mainly math. He systematically introduced Guan to Chinese people by translating books.
Knowledge of algebra, trigonometry, exponent, calculus and probability theory. Algebra is made up of
"The simplest method of algebraic differential product". "Algebraic Problem Solving" Rule
"Reading is very enlightening.
People's minds, after reading algebra, have to read books. "As for the different products,
Point sum probability theory was the latest knowledge of mathematics at that time. Liang Qichao once said:
"... learning differential integral is the pinnacle of arithmetic in the world at present. "book reviewer
When commenting on the trace of differential product, Xu Wei also said that "differential product is the peak of today's arithmetic".
On the quality of Chinese translated books, Xu Shichang once said when compiling Confucianism in Qing Dynasty.
Praise his translation of the book "fluent in words" and "faithful and elegant". liang qichao
When commenting on the quality of mathematics books translated by Hua and others, he once said, "China translated Gesi."
Books, ... only arithmetic, western methods, were not updated in differential product, while the pen at that time was written by.
Gentlemen, they are all deeply studied in this field, and people are not allowed to go in, so in western books, arithmetic is the most important.
Yoshiya "At that time, there were many people who could learn the latest mathematics knowledge by reading the original works.
Few, because Hua is proficient in Chinese and western mathematics and has a smooth translation. Undoubtedly, he has translated many books.
It is of great benefit to facilitate readers and promote the development of mathematics in China.