2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
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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| 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 |
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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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[Remarks] NHK総合テレビ放送『歴史秘話ヒストリア台55話』(2010年11月3日22:00～22:48放映)の制作に協力しインタビューが放映された。
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[Remarks] 『関孝和三百年祭記念事業報告書』(日本数学会、2010年3月31日、32p)を作成した。
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[Remarks] 日本数学会Web Pagesの中に関孝和三百年祭記念事業のページがあり、成果の一部が公開されている。
