This type of polycarbonate is ordinarily manufactured by methods involving direct reaction of ordinary bisphenol A (an aromatic dihydroxy compound) and phosgene (surface method), or by melt methods, etc., in which an aromatic dihydroxy compound such as bisphenol A and a carbonic acid diester such as diphenyl carbonate are subjected to an ester exchange reaction in a molten state (polycondensation