Fujita Sadasuke

Fujita Sadasuke (藤田 定資, December 12, 1734 - September 9, 1807), 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]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujita.

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]

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See also

Notes
  1. Smith, David Eugene et al. (1914). A History of Japanese Mathematics, p. 183, p. 183, at Google Books
  2. Fukagawa, Hidetoshi et al. (2008). Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry, p. 24.
  3. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujita Sadasuke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 200, p. 200, at Google Books.
  4. Mikami, Yushio. (1913). The Development of Mathematics in Japan and China, p. 187, p. 187, at Google Books; n.b., Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der mathematischen Wissenschaften mit Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen (Essays on the history of mathematical sciences including their applications)
  5. WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: 藤田定資 1734-1807

References
  • Fukagawa, Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman. (2008). Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 069112745X; OCLC 181142099
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; 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


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