Caroline, 

     Very good paper on the historical development of the "Chinese
   Remainder Theorem," the context for this, and solutions of
   basic forms of the problem.

     It might have been good to say a bit more about the use of 
   the number rods and how calculations were actually done with
   them.  In particular, it's interesting that the alternating 
   "vertical" and "horizontal" forms of the digits 1-9 made
   it unnecessary for the Chinese to invent a 0 symbol.  An
   empty space led to no ambiguity because of the alternation.

    Another comment:  As is true for quite a few of the things
   we have discussed this semester, you might be interested
   to know that mathematics students in Modern Algebra courses
   today learn a "super-generalized" form of the Chinese 
   Remainder Theorem within the algebraic structures known
   as commutative rings(!)


   Grade:  A