History of Japanese Mathematics (eBook)

Yoshio Mikami, David E. Smith (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
304 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-15446-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Classic survey chronicles the development of the Japanese mathematics: use of the abacus; application of counting rods to algebra; Seki Kowa; the circle principle; Ajima Chokuyen; Wada Nei; more. 1914 edition. Includes 74 figures.

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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.

Inhalt

1. The Earliest Period2. The Second Period3. The Development of the Soroban4. The Sangi Applied to Algebra5. The Third Period6. Seki Kowa7. Seki's Contemporaries and Possible Western Influences8. The Yenri or Circle Principle9. The Eighteenth Century10. Ajima Chokuyen11. The Opening of the Nineteenth Century12. Wada Nei13. The Close of the Old Wasan14. The Introduction of Occidental MathematicsIndex.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Books on Mathematics
• Zusatzinfo: 74 fig.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 322 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• ISBN-10: 0-486-15446-7 / 0486154467
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-15446-6 / 9780486154466