Why modern mathematics was established in the west rather than in China" is one of the branch problems of "Joseph Needham Problem".

著名数学史难题：“近代数学为什么没有在中国产生而在西方建立” ，是“李约瑟难题”的子问题。

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The new view was put forward, which is that Joseph Needham s difficult problem is explained by the union of certainty and chance.

因此提出以“物极必反”的必然性与偶然性的结合来解释“李·约瑟难题”，算是一种新的说法，是否合理，有待于继续研究、讨论。

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