초록
동아시아 수학사에서 가장 중요하고 기초적인 문헌은 <구장산술九章算術>이다. 이 책은 오랜 세월 동안 여러 주석가들에 의해 보완되고 재해석되며 광범위한 영향력을 미쳤다. 우리나라 역시 이 영향권 안에서 삼국시대 이래로 <구장산술>을 기본 산학서로 취급해 왔고 19세기 조선 수학자 남병길은 이 책에 대한 주석서 <구장술해九章術解>를 출판했다. 본 연구에서는 이 두 책의 구성과 내용을 확인하고 그것의 교육적 활용 가능성에 대해 모색해본다.
'The nine chapters on the mathematical art' has dominated the history of Chinese mathematics. It contains 246 problems and their solutions, which fall into nine categories that are firmly based on practical needs. But it has been greatly by improved by the commentary given Liu Hui and it was transformed from arithmetic text to mathematics. The improved book served as important textbook in China but also the East Asian countries for the past 2000 years. Also It is comparable in significance to Euclid's Elements in the West. In the middle of 19th century, Chosun mathematicians Nam Byung Gil(南秉吉) and Lee Sang Hyuk(李尙爀) studied mathematical structures developed in Song(宋) and Yuan(元) eras on top of their early on 'The nine chapters' and 'ShuLiJingYun(數理精蘊)'. Their studies gave rise to a momentum for a prominent development of Choson mathematics in the century. Nam Byung Gil is also commentator on 'The Nine Chapters'. His commentary is 'GuJangSulHae(九章術解)'. This book provides figures and explanations of how the algorithms work. These are very helpful for prospective elementary teachers. We try to plan programs of elementary teacher education on the basis of 'The Nine Chapters' and 'GuJangSulHae'.