《应天历》求赤道日度算法的构造过程
Construction Process of Equatorial Degree Day Algorithms in Yingtian Calendar
中国古代历法中依岁差求冬至赤道日度的算法几乎是相同的,《应天历》则是一个例外,算法复杂且难于理解。通过重构《应天历》赤道日度算法的构造过程,解释为什么设计这一复杂算法。研究认为历法家在调取岁差常数后,为了解决岁差常数精度与常数表述形式的矛盾,引入过渡恒星年值,并通过添加修正项改造了传统的赤道日度算法。
The algorithms for calculating the equatorial degree day in the winter solstice based on axial precession in ancient Chinese calendars are almost the same, but Yingtian Calendar (应天历, compiled by Wang Chune during Song Dynasty) is an exception, which has a complex algorithm and is difficult to understand. Previous scholars have explained the astronomical significance of the equatorial degree day algorithm in the Yingtian Calendar and calculated the true sidereal year constant for the calendar. This paper explains why this complex algorithm was designed by reconstructing the construction process of the equatorial degree day algorithm in the Yingtian Calendar. It believes that after adjusting the axial precession constant, calendarists introduced the transitional sidereal year value and modified the traditional equatorial degree day algorithm by adding correction terms to resolve the contradiction between the accuracy of the axial precession constant and the expression form of the constant.
Yingtian Calendar / equatorial degree day / axial precession
天总:七十三万六百五十八、秒六十三,微八十。
求赤道日度:以天总除元积,为总数。不尽,半而进位,又以一百收总数从之,以元法收为
度,不满为分秒,命起赤道虚宿四度分。[6]2464
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