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Sacred mathematicsHidetoshi Fukagawa

Sacred mathematics

2008374 pages
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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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  • Hardcover · English · 2008
    Princeton University Press · 348 pages · 9780691127453
HistoryJapanese MathematicsMathematicsMathematics, JapaneseProblems, exercisesProblems, exercises, etcGeometry, historyGeometry, problems, exercises, etc.