Sacred Mathematics

Japanese Temple Geometry

Description

Presents excerpts from the travel diary of a Japanese mathematician, Yamaguchi Kanzan, who journeyed on foot throughout Japan to collect temple geometry problems. This book explains the sacred and devotional aspects of sangaku, and reveals how Japanese folk mathematicians discovered many theorems independently of mathematicians in the West.
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Writer
Hidetoshi, Fukagawa, Rothman, Tony
Title
Sacred Mathematics
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2008
Language
English
Pages
392
Weight
1324 gr
EAN
9780691127453
Dimensions
264 x 210 x 29 mm
Binding format
Gebonden

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