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A History of Japanese Mathematics by David E. Smith,Yoshio Mikami ISBN: 0486434826 Dover Publications Price: $17.95 click here to see this book This survey highlights the leading features in the development of the wasan, the Japanese system of mathematics. Topics include the use of the abacus; the application of sangi, or counting rods, to algebra; the yenri, or circle principle; the work of Seki Kowa, Ajima Chokuyen and Wada Nei; more. 1914 edition. Includes 74 figures. Unabridged republication of the edition published by The Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, 1914. Table of Contents for A History of Japanese Mathematics 1. The Earliest Period 2. The Second Period 3. The Development of the Soroban 4. The Sangi Applied to Algebra 5. The Third Period 6. Seki Kowa 7. Seki's Contemporaries and Possible Western Influences 8. The Yenri or Circle Principle 9. The Eighteenth Century 10. Ajima Chokuyen 11. The Opening of the Nineteenth Century 12. Wada Nei 13. The Close of the Old Wasan 14. The Introduction of Occidental Mathematics Index.

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