Yoshio Mikami
Yoshio Mikami(Tam thượng nghĩa phu,Mikami Yoshio,February 16, 1875 – December 31, 1950)was a Japanesemathematicianand historian ofJapanese mathematics.He was born February 16, 1875, in Kotachi,Hiroshima prefecture.He attended the High School ofTohoku University,and in 1911 was admitted to theImperial University of Tokyo.He studied history of Japanese and Chinese mathematics. In 1913, he published "The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan" in Leipzig.[1]This book consisted of two parts with 47 chapters. Part one has 21 chapters that describe in depth several important Chinese mathematicians and mathematical classics includingLiu Hui,Shen Kuo,Qin Jiushao,Sun Tzu,The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections,Li Ye,Zhu Shijieand study on π. Part II deals with importantwasanmathematicians and their works, includingKambei Mori,Yoshida Koyu,Kowa Seki,Imamura Chisho,Takahara Kisshu,Kurushima,Ajima Chokuyen,Aida Ammei,Shiraishi Chochu,Skabe Kohan,andHagiwara Teisuke.
He died on December 31, 1950, inHiroshima.
References
[edit]- ^Yoshio Mikami, The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan, 1913, Library of Congress 61-13497
External links
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- David Eugene Smith,Yoshio Mikami:A History of Japanese MathematicsOpen Court Publishing, Chicago 1914
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