History of Japanese Mathematics

One of the first books to show Westerners the nature of Japanese mathematics, this survey highlights the leading features in the development of thewasanthe Japanese system of mathematics. Topics include the use of the soroban, or abacus; the application of sangi, or counting rods, to algebra; the discoveries of the seventeenth-century sage Seki Kowa; the yenri, or circle principle; the work of eighteenth-century geometer Ajima Chokuyen; and Wada Nei's contributions to the understanding of hypotrochoids. Unabridged republication of the classic 1914 edition. 74 figures. Index.Smith, David Eugene is the author of 'History of Japanese Mathematics', published 2004 under ISBN 9780486434827 and ISBN 0486434826.