This Ancient Japanese Puzzle Will Change How You See Math

Japanese temple geometry by fukagawa hidetoshi and tony rothman is the primary source of stories and questions we are going to discuss. The tablet was called a sangaku which means a mathematics tablet in japanese. Many skilled geometers dedicated a sangaku in order to thank the god for the discovery of a theorem. The problems featured on the sangaku are typical problems of japanese mathematics (wasan 和算) and often involve many circles which is uncommon in western mathematics. In this wonderful new book, fukagawa hidetoshi and tony rothman take us back to a time in japan when people from all walks of life painted mathematics problems on beautiful wooden.

We then annotate such to extract relevant information from it. We have taken the radius of the. Sangaku, japanese mathematical tablets, visually reveal how math can be truly beautiful and elegant. Learn about these unique mathematical tablets and how to solve their stimulating.