An edition of Sacred mathematics
(2008)
Sacred mathematics
Japanese temple geometry
by Hidetoshi Fukagawa
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Sangaku are wooden tables describing geometric problems; the tablets were hung in Japanese religious buildings. This book describes sangaku and the mathematics used to pose and solve the problem, and includes sangaku problems and their ancient and modern solutions.
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Sacred mathematics: Japanese temple geometry
2008, Princeton University Press
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069112745X 9780691127453
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Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry
May 20, 2008, Princeton University Press
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Forward by Freeman Dyson
Preface by Fukagawa Hidetoshi
Preface by Tony Rothman
Acknowledgements
What Do I Need to Know to Read This Book?
Notation
1. Japan and Temple Geometry
2. The Chinese foundation of Japanese Mathematics
3. Japanese Mathematics and Mathematicians of the Edo Period
4. Easier Temple Geometry Problems
5. Harder Temple Geometry Problems
6. Still Harder Temple Geometry Problems
7. The Travel Diary of Mathematician Yamaguchi Kazan
8. East and West
9. The Mysterious Enri
10. Introduction to Inversion
For Further Reading
Index
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
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| February 26, 2011 | Edited by 173.70.123.67 | Added new cover |
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| October 24, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Library of Congress MARC record |