Fujita Sadasuke Explained

, 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

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]

• , 1769
• , 1781
• , 1796
• , 1807

See also

• Sangaku, the custom of presenting mathematical problems, carved in wood tablets, to the public in Shinto shrines
• Soroban, a Japanese abacus
• Japanese mathematics

References

• Fukagawa, Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman. (2008). . Princeton: Princeton University Press. ; OCLC 181142099
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; 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

Notes and References

1. Smith, David Eugene et al. (1914).
2. Fukagawa, Hidetoshi et al. (2008). , p. 24.
3. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujita Sadasuke" in .
4. Mikami, Yushio. (1913). ; n.b., Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der mathematischen Wissenschaften mit Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen (Essays on the history of mathematical sciences including their applications)
5. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities