Sacred mathematics

By Hidetoshi Fukagawa

Subjects: Mathematics, Japanese, Problems, exercises, Mathematics, Japanese Mathematics, Geometry, problems, exercises, etc., History, Problems, exercises, etc, Geometry, history

Description: *Sangaku* are wooden tables describing geometric problems; the tablets were hung in Japanese religious buildings. This book describes *sangaku* and the mathematics used to pose and solve the problem, and includes *sangaku* problems and their ancient and modern solutions.