Whether the information in the paper can be trusted is an entirely separate concern.
Old Chinese mathematics texts are difficult to date because they often purport to be older than they are. But the contents are unaffected by this. There is a history-of-math problem, but there's no math problem.
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Whether the information in the paper can be trusted is an entirely separate concern.
Old Chinese mathematics texts are difficult to date because they often purport to be older than they are. But the contents are unaffected by this. There is a history-of-math problem, but there's no math problem.