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The alternative algorithm of the 7th problem in Liu Hui’s Sea Island Mathematical Canon is mathematically incorrect. In this short note we try to restore it, based on a characteristic of mathematical formulas by Liu Hui.
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Kawahara, H. (2013). On the Alternative Algorithm of the 7th Problem in the Sea Island Mathematical Canon. In: Knobloch, E., Komatsu, H., Liu, D. (eds) Seki, Founder of Modern Mathematics in Japan. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 39. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54273-5_6
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