Study on books and manuscripts left by Nishida Akinori from the point of view of mathematical history
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19540117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
General mathematics (including Probability theory/Statistical mathematics)
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| Research Institution | Ochanomizu University |
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Principal Investigator |
MAJIMA Hideyuki Ochanomizu University, 大学院・人間文化創成科学研究科, 教授 (50111456)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | 関孝和 / 和算 / 円周率 / 行列式 / 西田明則 / 建部賢弘 / 上野俊之丞 / 砲家秘函 / 関新助 / 解伏題之法 / 称平術 / 東京湾海堡 / 楊輝算法 / 括要算法 / 綴術算経 / 綴術真本 / 数学史 / 測量 / 八線表 / 関流 / 停車園 |
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| Research Abstract |
Nishida Akinori, studied old mathematics of Seki's school, so-called "Wasan", in his youth, in the last period of the Edo Era, devoted his latter life to the national defense in the Meiji Era and left books of Wasan in the Library of Ochanomizu University. The author studied them and, life and bibliography of Seki Takakazu, a Japanese mathematician in the early period of the Edo era, who is known as the first in the world to study the so-called "resultants and determinants." On the occasion of the 300th posthumous anniversary of Seki, the author has found some significant records and facts concerning his family, especially his adoptive father and his first career. Now it is possible to write a "Curriculum Vitae of Seki Takakazu." The author also gave new viewpoints on Seki's calculation of π and the determinants.
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