Wasan : the fascination of traditional Japanese mathematics
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Wasan : the fascination of traditional Japanese mathematics
(Japan library)
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018
1st English ed
- Other Title
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Muchū ni naru! Edo no sūgaku
夢中になる! 江戸の数学
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Table of Contents
- 1 Mathematics Fever(Sangaku;Early mathematical traces;The Jinkoki and the development of wasan ほか)
- 2 Wasan enthusiasts and π(“Prove that π is greater than 3.05”;The history of π;Irrational and transcendental numbers ほか)
- 3 Wasan,alive today(The bane of entrance exams;Schools of mathematics:sugakujuku;Yamaguchi Kazu and Chiba Tanehide ほか)
- Exercises
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