Fujita Sadasuke
Fujita Sadasuke (藤田 定資, December 12, 1734 - September 9, 1807), also known as Honda Teiken,[1] was a Japanese mathematician in the Edo period.[2] He is the author of Seiyō sampō (Essence of Mathematics) which was published in 1781.[3]
Sadasuke was the father of Fujita Kagen (1765–1821),[4] who is credited with publishing the first collection of sangaku problems.[2]
Selected works[edit]
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujita Sadasuke, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30 works in 30+ publications in 1 language and 30+ library holdings[5]
- New Difference (招差新術, Shōsa shinjutsu), 1769
- The Essence of Mathematics (精要算法, Seiyō sanpō), 1781
- Mathematical Problems Suspended Before the temple (神壁算法, Shinpeki sanpō), 1796
- Further Sacred Mathematical Problems (續神壁算法, Zoku Shinpeki sanpō), 1807
See also[edit]
- Sangaku, the custom of presenting mathematical problems, carved in wood tablets, to the public in Shinto shrines
- Soroban, a Japanese abacus
- Japanese mathematics
Notes[edit]
- ^ Smith, David Eugene et al. (1914). A History of Japanese Mathematics, p. 183, p. 183, at Google Books
- ^ a b Fukagawa, Hidetoshi et al. (2008). Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry, p. 24.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujita Sadasuke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 200, p. 200, at Google Books.
- ^ Mikami, Yushio. (1913). The Development of Mathematics in Japan and China, p. 187, p. 187, at Google Books; n.b., Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der mathematischen Wissenschaften mit Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen (Essays on the history of mathematical sciences including their applications)
- ^ WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: 藤田定資 1734-1807
References[edit]
- Fukagawa, Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman. (2008). Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 069112745X; OCLC 181142099
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- David Eugene Smith and Yoshio Mikami. (1914). A History of Japanese Mathematics. Chicago: Open Court Publishing. OCLC 1515528 -- note alternate online, full-text copy at archive.org
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