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In the history of mathematics, Japanese mathematics or wasan (Japanese: 和算), denotes a genuinely distinct kind of mathematics developed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867) when the country was isolated from European influences. For instance, Japanese mathematicians found integration even before their European counterparts did.[citation needed] At the beginning of the Meiji era (1868-1912) the country opened up to the West and adopted Western mathematics which led to a decline of the ideas used in the wasan.
Its achievements included some very refined results in integral calculus.[citation needed]
Important wasan mathematicians
References
- Endo, Tadashi. History of Japanese Mathematics.
- Fukagawa, Hidetoshi, and D. Pedoe. Japanese temple geometry problems = Sangaku. Charles Babbage Research Centre, Winnipeg, 1989.
- Horiuchi, Annick. Les Mathematiques Japonaises a L'Epoque d'Edo (1600-1868): Une Etude des Travaux de Seki Takakazu (?-1708) et de Takebe Katahiro (1664-1739). J. Vrin, 1994. ISBN 978-2-7116-1213-0.
- Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko. (2002) "What kind of mathematics and terminology was transmitted into 18th-century Japan from China?", Historia Scientiarum, Vol.12, No.1.
- Kobayashi, Tatsuhiko. Trigonometry and Its Acceptance in the 18th-19th Centuries Japan.
- Morimoto, Mitsuo. "Infinite series in Japanese Mathematics of the 18th Century".
- Morimoto, Mitsuo. "A Chinese Root of Japanese Traditional Mathematics – Wasan"
- Ogawa, Tsukane. "A Review of the History of Japanese Mathematics". Revue d'histoire des mathématiques 7, fascicule 1 (2001), 137-155.
- Smith, David E., and Yoshio Mikami. A History of Japanese Mathematics. Dover. ISBN 0-486-43482-6.
See also
- Idai, the custom of adding very hard problems at the end of wasan books
- Sangaku, the custom of presenting mathematical problems, carved in wood tablets, to the public in shinto shrines
- Soroban, a Japanese abacus
- Enri (a Japanese analogon to the western calculus)
External links
ja:和算
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