Yoshio Mikami

Yoshio Mikami (1875–1950) was a Japanese mathematician and wasan historian. born February 16 1875 in Takana, Hiroshima prefecture. He attended the High School of Tohoku University, and in 1911 was admitted to Imperial 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. This book consisted of two parts with 47 chapters. Part one 21 chapters described in length several important Chinese mathematicians and mathematical classics including Liu Hui, Shen KuoQin Jiushao,Sun Tzu,The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections,Li Ye,Zhu Shijie and study on $pi$.Part II dealt with important wasan mathematicians and their works, including Kambei Mori,Yoshida Koyu,Kowa Seki,Imamura Chisho,Takahara Kisshu,Kurushima,Ajima Chokuyen,Aida Ammei,Shiraishi Chochu,Skabe Kohan,Hagiwara Teisuke.

He died on December 31 1950 in his hometown.

References

*A History of Japanese Mathematics, Yoshio Mikami & Smith, David E. ISBN: 0486434826

External links

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