The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
In this light, many scholars of the history of Chinese mathematics compare the significance of "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" on the development of Eastern mathematical traditions to that of Euclid's "Elements" on the Western mathematical traditions. However, the influence of "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" stops short at the advancement of modern mathematics due to its focus on practical problems and inductive proof methods as opposed to the deductive, axiomatic tradition that Euclid's "Elements" establishes. The latter, which focuses on generalizations and abstractions naturally suit better for the development of modern mathematics.