Abstract

At the end of 2013, Zhongxi Book Company published Bamboo Slips of the Warring States Period Reserved by Tsinghua University (4) [1]. In it, the content of Calculating Table is about mathematical calculations, including not only multiplication, but also division and square root. From the perspective of time, Calculating Table is not only earlier than the calculating table in Liye Bamboo Slips of Qin and others that have been discovered in China, but also earlier than the calculating tables of other countries. From the perspective of content, it integrates multiplication, division and square root, which is richer than any other calculating tables. Therefore, Calculating Table in The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips is an important discovery on calculation formulas, and it has a milestone significance in the history of mathematics.

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