Title:
Sacred mathematics : Japanese temple geometry / Fukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman.
Author:
Fukagawa, Hidetoshi, 1943-
Rothman, Tony.
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Call Number:
QA27.J3 F849 2008
ISBN:
9780691127453
Physical Description:
xxiii, 348 p. : ill. some col. ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Japan and temple geometry -- The Chinese foundation of Japanese mathematics -- Japanese mathematics and mathematicians of the Edo period -- Easier temple geometry problems -- Harder temple geometry problems -- Still harder temple geometry problems -- The travel diary of mathematician Yamaguchi Kanzan -- East and West -- The mysterious Enri -- Introduction to inversion.
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