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  1. Takakazu Seki Kowa: An entry from Gale's <i>Science and Its Times</i> by Judson Knight, 2001

1. Seki
Takakazu Seki Kowa
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2. Seki, Kowa (Takakazu)
Seki, Kowa (Takakazu) (c. 16421708)
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3. Introduction Of Seki Kowa
Thus Seki Takakazu became known as Seki Kowa. Therefore he is called Seki Kowa in this thesis.
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4. Seki Takakazu Kowa -
"Takakazu Seki Kowa." Includes portrait. Available at http//www.math.bme.hu/mathhist/Mathema. ..
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5. Mathematicians
Founder of projective geometry, his work centred on the theory of conic sections and perspective. Seki Takakazu Seki Kowa (1642-1708)
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EDO Period. Ogawa san's Home Page. Takakazu Seki Kowa St Andrews. Chokuyen Naonobu Ajima - St Andrews. Aida Yasuaki - St Andrews
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7. Seki Kowa
Takakazu Seki Kowa Seki Kowa came to be known as ?the arithmetical sage . Seki Kowa was born into a warrior, or samurai, family in March 1642,
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Takakazu Seki Kowa Seki Kowa came to be known as “the arithmetical sage.” What do you think this means? A sage in this sense doesn’t refer to the spice that belongs to the mint family, but instead refers to one who is wise and perceptive. Seki was considered “the arithmetical sage” because he was very knowledgeable skillful in mathematics and was highly respected because of his wisdom. Seki Kowa was born into a warrior, or samurai, family in March 1642, in Japan. At an early age he was adopted by a noble family and assumed the family name Seki. At an early age, about nine years old, Seki was introduced to math by a servant. From then on, Seki studied math and became self educated, now considered a prodigy. Seki collected math books from the Chinese and Japanese cultures and eventually became recognized as an expert in mathematics. This recognition led to many students for Seki to instruct. Contributions by Seki are difficult to identify due to the secrecy that surrounded rival schools in Japan. Seki was also held to the Samurai Code that demanded modesty. There is plenty of evidence that he made major discoveries in calculus and is considered to be the founder of Japanese mathematics. In 1674, Seki wrote

8. Mathematician List
Seki Kowa, Takakazu Japanese mathematician. Shannon, Claude E. - American mathematician
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Takakazu seki kowa takakazu Seki Kowa nasceu em Mar o de 1642 em Fujioka (Jap o), e morreu no dia 24 de outubro de 1708 em Edo (agora T quio
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10. Seki Kowa Encyclop Dia Britannica
Seki Kowa Encyclop dia Britannica Article Page 1 of 1 born 1642, Fujioka, Japan died 1708, Japan also called Takakazu generally
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11. Kowa Seki - Definition Of Kowa Seki In Encyclopedia
Kowa Seki (Seki Takakazu, 38306; 23389; 21644;) (1642? ndash; October 24, 1708) was a Japanese mathematician. created a new mathematical notation system and used it to
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of mathematical logic he developed Leibniz s ideas. seki kowa takakazu(16421708 ) Japan. Born into a samurai warrior family, Seki
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    • Seki Kowa Takakazu (1642-1708 ) Japan

    Born into a samurai warrior family, Seki derives from the noble family who adopted him, an infant prodigy in mathematics, self-educated in mathematics, known as 'The Arithmetical Sage', a term which is carved on his tombstone
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  • 13. Seki
    Biography of takakazu seki (16421708) takakazu seki kowa takakazu sekiwas born into a samurai warrior family. However at an early age he was
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    Takakazu Seki Kowa
    Born: March 1642 in Fujioka, Kozuke, Japan
    Died: 24 Oct 1708 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan
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    Takakazu Seki was born into a samurai warrior family. However at an early age he was adopted by a noble family named Seki Gorozayemon. The name by which he is now known, Seki, derives from the family who adopted him rather than from his natural parents. Seki was an infant prodigy in mathematics. He was self-educated in mathematics having been introduced to the topic by a servant in the household who, when Seki was nine years old, realised the talent of the young boy. Seki soon built up a library of Japanese and Chinese books on mathematics and became acknowledged as an expert. He was known as 'The Arithmetical Sage', a term which is carved on his tombstone, and soon had many pupils. His position in life is described in [18] as follows:- In due time he, as a descendant of the samurai class, served in public capacity, his office being that of examiner of accounts to the Lord of Koshu, just as

    14. S Index
    seki kowa, takakazu (411*) Selberg, Atle (814*) Selten, Reinhard (266*) Semple,Jack (1602*) Serenus (566) Serre, JeanPierre (731*) Serret, Joseph (164*)
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    The number of words in the biography is given in brackets. A * indicates that there is a portrait. Saccheri , Giovanni (212)
    Sacrobosco
    , Johannes de (328*)
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    Saint-Vincent
    , Gregorius (296*)
    Saks
    , Stanislaw (1132*)
    Salaciense
    , Pedro Nunes (332*)
    Salem

    Salmon
    , George (1351*)
    Samarqandi
    , Shams al (202)
    Samawal
    , Ibn al (1569)
    Samoilenko
    , Anatoly (252*) Sang , Edward (471*) Sankara , Narayana (724) Sargent , Winifred (1339) Sasaki , Shigeo (1066*) Saunderson , Nicholas (1869*) Saurin , Joseph (210) Savage , Leonard (299*) Savart , Felix (106) Savary Savasorda (A bar Hiyya) (641) Savile , Sir Henry (1130*) Schafer , Alice (1344*) Schatten , Robert (682) Schauder , Juliusz (1012*) , Henry (844*) Scheffers , Georg (143*) Schickard , Wilhelm (219*) , Ludwig (191*) , Oscar (49*) Schmidt , Erhard (1382*) Schoenberg , Isaac (816*) , Arthur (370*) Schooten , Frans van (259*) Schottky , Friedrich (251*) Schoute , Pieter (363) Schouten , Jan (341*) Schreier , Otto (582*) , Ernst (174*) , Erwin (2585*) Schroeter , Heinrich (182*) Schubert , Hermann (101*) Schur , Issai (1667*) Schwartz , Laurent (1119*) Schwarz, Herman

    15. Seki, Kowa (Takakazu)
    seki, kowa (takakazu) (c. 16421708) seki was born in Fujioka in Gunma prefecture.Much of his reputation stems from the social reform he introduced in
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    Seki, Kowa (Takakazu) (c. 1642-1708) Japanese mathematician who created a new mathematical notation system and used it to discover many of the theorems and theories that were being - or were shortly to be - discovered in the West.
    Seki was born in Fujioka in Gunma prefecture. Much of his reputation stems from the social reform he introduced in order to develop the study of mathematics in Japan and make it widely accessible.
    He introduced Chinese ideograms to represent unknowns and variables in equations, and although he was obliged to confine his work to equations up to the fifth degree - his algebraic alphabet (endan-jutsu) was not suitable for general equations of the nth degree - he was able to create equations with literal coefficients of any degree and with several variables, and to solve simultaneous equations. In this way he was able to derive the equivalent of f(x), and thereby to arrive at the notion of a discriminant - a special function of the root of an equation expressible in terms of the coefficients.
    Another of Seki's contributions was the rectification of the circle; he obtained a value for that was correct to the 18th decimal place.

    16. Mathematicians-S
    seki, kowa (takakazu) Shannon, Claude Elwood Simpson, Thomas Sitter, Willemde Skolem, Thoralf Albert Snell, Willebrord Sommerville, Duncan
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    17. Seki Takakazu Kowa -
    seki takakazu kowa. seki was born into a samurai warrior family, the second sonof Nagaakira Utiyama O Connor, JJ and Robertson, EF takakazu seki kowa.
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    Seki was born into a samurai warrior family, the second son of Nagaakira Utiyama, but was adopted as a young boy by another noble family, the Seki Gorozayemon. He was a self-educated child prodigy in mathematics from the age of nine. He studied determinants and Bernoulli numbers, and was the first in Japan to write on magic squares. He also studied Diophantine equations and the calculus. In some areas his work predates that of Europeans now credited with priority (e.g., Bernoulli numbers). He was also a renowned teacher and the examiner of accounts to the Lord of Koshu. Texas Looking to adopt? Pregnant?
    References
    Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97 Dictionary of Scientific Biography Mikami, Yoshio. The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan. (New York: Chelsea Pub. Co., 1961) Yosida, K. "A Brief Biography of Takakazu Seki (1642?-1708)," The Mathematical Intelligencer 3 (1981), pp. 121-22

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    19. Men
    takakazu seki kowa (1642 1708) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) The Bernoulli Family Jacob Bernouli (1654 - 1705) Johann Bernouli (1667 - 1748)
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    Jacob Bernouli (1654 - 1705)
    Johann Bernouli (1667 - 1748)
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    Kowa Seki Seki Takakazu October 24 ) was a Japanese mathematician . created a new mathematical notation system and used it to discover many of the theorems and theories that were being - or were shortly to be - discovered in the West, including recreating major results in calculus . He was a contemporary with Leibniz and Newton , although he is not known to have had contact with them. Seki was born in Fujioka in Gunma prefecture . Much of his reputation stems from the social reform he introduced in order to develop the study of mathematics in Japan and make it widely accessible. He introduced Kanji to represent unknowns and variables in equations, and although he was obliged to confine his work to equations up to the fifth degree - his algebraic alphabet (endan-jutsu) was not suitable for general equations of the nth degree. He was able to create equations with literal coefficients of any degree and with several variables, and to solve simultaneous equations. In this way he was able to derive the equivalent of f(x), and thereby to arrive at the notion of a discriminant - a special function of the root of an equation expressible in terms of the coefficients.

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