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Calendrical calculations based on true elements are naturally much more complex than those depending on mean elements and the Chinese case fully confirms this obvious point because its determination of moon phases requires two distinct lunar and solar corrections modifying their mean values in a rather complex way.
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Martzloff, JC. (2016). True Elements (618–1280). In: Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49718-0_5
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