True Elements (618–1280)

Jean-Claude Martzloff ()
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Jean-Claude Martzloff: CNRS, CRCA0 (UMR 8155)

Chapter Chapter 5 in Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics, 2016, pp 169-195 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Calendrical calculations based on trueAstronomical canon(s) true elements|( elementsTrue elements|(textbf are naturally much more complex than those depending on mean elementsMean elements and the Chinese case fully confirms this obvious point because its determination of moon phases requires two distinct lunar and solar corrections modifying their mean values in a rather complex way.

Keywords: Interpolation Technique; Moon Phase; Summer Solstice; Lunar Phase; Winter Solstice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-49718-0_5

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