Wasan : the fascination of traditional Japanese mathematics

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Wasan : the fascination of traditional Japanese mathematics

Sakurai Susumu ; translated by Emma Ford, with Gaynor Sekimori

(Japan library)

Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018

1st English ed

Other Title

Muchū ni naru! Edo no sūgaku

夢中になる! 江戸の数学

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Description and Table of Contents

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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Details

  • NCID
    BB25858289
  • ISBN
    • 9784866580173
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    178 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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