A History of Japanese Mathematics - Brossura

Smith, David Eugene; Mikami, Yoshio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486434826 ISBN 13: 9780486434827

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2004

Riassunto

One of the first books to show Westerners the nature of Japanese mathematics, this survey highlights the leading features in the development of the wasan, the Japanese system of mathematics. Topics include the use of the soroban, or abacus; the application of sangi, or counting rods, to algebra; the discoveries of the 17th-century sage Seki Kowa; the yenri, or circle principle; the work of 18th-century geometer Ajima Chokuyen; and Wada Nei's contributions to the understanding of hypotrochoids. Unabridged republication of the classic 1914 edition. 74 figures. Index.

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Contenuti:

1. The Earliest Period 2. The Second Period 3. The Development of the Soroban 4. The Sangi Applied to Algebra 5. The Third Period 6. Seki Kowa 7. Seki's Contemporaries and Possible Western Influences 8. The Yenri or Circle Principle 9. The Eighteenth Century 10. Ajima Chokuyen 11. The Opening of the Nineteenth Century 12. Wada Nei 13. The Close of the Old Wasan 14. The Introduction of Occidental Mathematics Index.

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Book by Smith David E Kilpelinen Tero

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0486434826
• ISBN 13: 9780486434827
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288