Sacred Mathematics

Sacred Mathematics
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9781400829712
ISBN-13 : 1400829712
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Synopsis Sacred Mathematics by : Fukagawa Hidetoshi

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life--samurai, farmers, and merchants--inscribed a wide variety of geometry problems on wooden tablets called sangaku and hung them in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. Sacred Mathematics is the first book published in the West to fully examine this tantalizing--and incredibly beautiful--mathematical tradition. Fukagawa Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman present for the first time in English excerpts from the travel diary of a nineteenth-century Japanese mathematician, Yamaguchi Kanzan, who journeyed on foot throughout Japan to collect temple geometry problems. The authors set this fascinating travel narrative--and almost everything else that is known about temple geometry--within the broader cultural and historical context of the period. They explain the sacred and devotional aspects of sangaku, and reveal how Japanese folk mathematicians discovered many well-known theorems independently of mathematicians in the West--and in some cases much earlier. The book is generously illustrated with photographs of the tablets and stunning artwork of the period. Then there are the geometry problems themselves, nearly two hundred of them, fully illustrated and ranging from the utterly simple to the virtually impossible. Solutions for most are provided. A unique book in every respect, Sacred Mathematics demonstrates how mathematical thinking can vary by culture yet transcend cultural and geographic boundaries.

Seki, Founder of Modern Mathematics in Japan

Seki, Founder of Modern Mathematics in Japan
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 604
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ISBN-10 : 9784431542735
ISBN-13 : 4431542736
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Synopsis Seki, Founder of Modern Mathematics in Japan by : Eberhard Knobloch

Seki was a Japanese mathematician in the seventeenth century known for his outstanding achievements, including the elimination theory of systems of algebraic equations, which preceded the works of Étienne Bézout and Leonhard Euler by 80 years. Seki was a contemporary of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, although there was apparently no direct interaction between them. The Mathematical Society of Japan and the History of Mathematics Society of Japan hosted the International Conference on History of Mathematics in Commemoration of the 300th Posthumous Anniversary of Seki in 2008. This book is the official record of the conference and includes supplements of collated texts of Seki's original writings with notes in English on these texts. Hikosaburo Komatsu (Professor emeritus, The University of Tokyo), one of the editors, is known for partial differential equations and hyperfunction theory, and for his study on the history of Japanese mathematics. He served as the President of the International Congress of Mathematicians Kyoto 1990.

A History of Chinese Mathematics

A History of Chinese Mathematics
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 491
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ISBN-10 : 9783540337836
ISBN-13 : 3540337830
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Synopsis A History of Chinese Mathematics by : Jean-Claude Martzloff

This book is made up of two parts, the first devoted to general, historical and cultural background, and the second to the development of each subdiscipline that together comprise Chinese mathematics. The book is uniquely accessible, both as a topical reference work, and also as an overview that can be read and reread at many levels of sophistication by both sinologists and mathematicians alike.

School Mathematics Textbooks In China: Comparative Studies And Beyond

School Mathematics Textbooks In China: Comparative Studies And Beyond
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9789814713962
ISBN-13 : 9814713961
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis School Mathematics Textbooks In China: Comparative Studies And Beyond by : Jianpan Wang

Our collected work contains mathematics education research papers. Comparative studies of school textbooks cover content selection, compilation style, representation method, design of examples and exercises, mathematics investigation, the use of information technology, and composite difficulty level, to name a few. Other papers included are about representation of basic mathematical thought in school textbooks, a study on the compilation features of elementary school textbooks, and a survey of the effect of using new elementary school textbooks.

A History of Japanese Mathematics

A History of Japanese Mathematics
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89041216466
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Synopsis A History of Japanese Mathematics by : David Eugene Smith

Classics of Mathematics

Classics of Mathematics
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Publisher : Pearson
Total Pages : 824
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015034299167
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Synopsis Classics of Mathematics by : Ronald Calinger

Appropriate for undergraduate and select graduate courses in the history of mathematics, and in the history of science. This edited volume of readings contains more than 130 selections from eminent mathematicians from A `h-mose' to Hilbert and Noether. The chapter introductions comprise a concise history of mathematics based on critical textual analysis and the latest scholarship. Each reading is preceded by a substantial biography of its author.

Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions- A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West

Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions- A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 592
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ISBN-10 : 9780387297231
ISBN-13 : 0387297235
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions- A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West by : Frederick Koon-Shing Leung

The idea of the ICMI Study 13 is outlined as follows: Education in any social environment is influenced in many ways by the traditions of these environments. This study brings together leading experts to research and report on mathematics education in a global context. Mathematics education faces a split phenomenon of difference and correspondence. A study attempting a comparison between mathematics education in different traditions will be helpful to understanding this phenomenon.

Japanese Lesson Study In Mathematics: Its Impact, Diversity And Potential For Educational Improvement

Japanese Lesson Study In Mathematics: Its Impact, Diversity And Potential For Educational Improvement
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9789814476294
ISBN-13 : 9814476293
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Japanese Lesson Study In Mathematics: Its Impact, Diversity And Potential For Educational Improvement by : Masami Isoda

In Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century (2000) in the US, the authors quote from James Stigler's conclusions from various videotape research studies of mathematics teaching: “The key to long-term improvement [in teaching] is to figure out how to generate, accumulate, and share professional knowledge”. Japanese Lesson Study has proved to be one successful means.This book supports the growing movement of lesson study to improve the quality of mathematics education from the original viewpoints of Japanese educators who have been engaging in lesson study in mathematics for professional development and curriculum implementation. This book also illustrates several projects related to lesson study in other countries.