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Japanese Mathematics in the Edo Period (1600-1868)
Annick Horiuchi
- pp 350
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The early history of convergence acceleration methods
TL;DR: The history of convergence acceleration methods in the 17th century is surveyed and three categories of acceleration methods are classified into three categories.
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Mathematics teaching before and after the Meiji Restoration
TL;DR: In the Edo period (1600-1868) Japan was divided into domains (han) governed by local lords (daimyo), and the Tokugawa Shogunate supervised local lords and governed Japan indirectly.
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Some Questions and Observations Around the Mathematics of Seki Takakazu
Silke Wimmer-Zagier,Don Zagier +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an expanded version of the short talk given by the second author at the conference on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Seki's death, is slightly non-standard in nature and perhaps requires a short explanatory preamble.
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The Revolution in Mathematics Education During the Meiji Era (1868–1912): A Study of the Textbooks Used to Teach Computation, Geometry and Algebra
TL;DR: In this article, a general view of the reform of mathematics curricula by presenting several case studies: in elementary schools, where traditional teachings based on the manipulation of computation devices (abacus or counting rods) were abandoned; in middle schools, Euclidean geometry and its argumentative language were introduced; and in higher level education, traditional tenzan 点竄 algebra was replaced with Western algebra.
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Teaching Computation in 19th-Century Japan: The Transition from Individual Coaching on Traditional Devices at the End of the Edo Period (1600–1868) to Lectures on Western Mathematics During the Meiji Period (1868–1912)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the evolution of computation teaching during this period of transition, concentrating on the changes and continuities in the use of tools, focusing on the manipulations of the abacus and counting rods.