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Japanese mathematics (和算, wasan) denotes a distinct kind of mathematics which was developed in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867). The term wasan , from wa ("Japanese") and san ("calculation"), was coined in the 1870s [ 1 ] and employed to distinguish native Japanese mathematical theory from Western mathematics (洋算 yōsan ).
A sangaku dedicated to Konnoh Hachimangu (Shibuya, Tokyo) in 1859.Sangaku or san gaku (Japanese: 算額, lit. 'calculation tablet') are Japanese geometrical problems or theorems on wooden tablets which were placed as offerings at Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples during the Edo period by members of all social classes.
Jinkōki Section from the Jinkōki Editor Yoshida Mitsuyoshi Original title 塵劫記 Language Japanese Publication date 1627 Publication place Japan Jinkōki (塵劫記, じんこうき, Permanent Mathematics) is a three-volume work on Japanese mathematics, first edited and published by Yoshida Mitsuyoshi in 1627. Over his lifetime, Mitsuyoshi revised Jinkōki several times. The edition ...
Pages in category "Japanese mathematics" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Huzihiro Araki (荒木 不二洋, Araki Fujihiro, 28 July 1932 [1] – 16 December 2022 [2]) was a Japanese mathematical physicist and mathematician who worked on the foundations of quantum field theory, on quantum statistical mechanics, and on the theory of operator algebras.
The Mathematical Society of Japan (MSJ, Japanese: 日本数学会) is a learned society for mathematics in Japan. In 1877, the organization was established as the Tokyo Sugaku Kaisha and was the first academic society in Japan. It was re-organized and re-established in its present form in 1946.
Tetsuya Miyamoto (宮本 哲也, Miyamoto Tetsuya, born 1959) is a Japanese mathematics teacher who invented the numerical logic puzzle KenKen. (It is called Kashikoku-Naru-Puzzle in Japanese, which literally means "a puzzle that makes you smarter." It is also known as Keisan Block.)
Kiyoshi Oka (岡 潔, Oka Kiyoshi, April 19, 1901 – March 1, 1978) was a Japanese mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of several complex variables. Biography [ edit ]