A History of Japanese Mathematics,9780486434827

A History of Japanese Mathematics

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ISBN13: 9780486434827
ISBN10: 0486434826
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-04-30
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

This survey highlights the leading features in the development of thewasan,the Japanese system of mathematics. Topics include the use of the abacus; the application of sangi, or counting rods, to algebra; the yenri, or circle principle; the work of Seki Kowa, Ajima Chokuyen and Wada Nei; more. 1914 edition. Includes 74 figures.

Table of Contents

The Earliest Period
1(6)
The Second Period
7(11)
The Development of the Soroban
18(29)
The Sangi applied to Algebra
47(12)
The Third Period
59(32)
Seki Kowa
91(37)
Seki's Contemporaries and possible Western Influences
128(15)
The Yenri or Circle Principle
143(20)
The Eighteenth Century
163(32)
Ajima Chokuyen
195(11)
The Opening of the Nineteenth Century
206(14)
Wada Nei
220(10)
The Close of the Old Wasan
230(24)
The Introduction of Occidental Mathematics
254(27)
Index 281

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