Lương Thế Vinh (1441–1496) was a prominent

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scholar and

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of the fifteenth century.

Life

Lương Thế Vinh was born in the district of Vụ Bản,

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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''

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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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