During Edo Japan’s national seclusion, scholars throughout the country developed an idiosyncratic mathematical discourse, now termed wasan (\u548c\u7b97). This seminar brings researchers from different denominations and countries together to explore this phenomenon from various angles: from a scientific perspective, by considering the techniques developed by Edo period mathematicians; and from a cultural vantage point, by exploring the unique social dimension that fostered wasan’s progress. In the process, the seminar will touch upon mathematical practices in the abstract but also consider the physical remnants of wasan, in particular sangaku (\u7b97\u984d): votive tablets featuring mathematical riddles.<\/p>\n
15:15-15:30:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Arrival
\n15:30-16:30:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0David Clark: A brief Tour of Wasan Techniques
\n16:30-17:30:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ogawa Tsukane: The Cultural Geography of Sangaku
\n17:30-18:00:\u00a0 \u00a0 Antonia Karaisl: Preview of the Sangaku Archive Website
\n18:00-18:20:\u00a0 \u00a0 Open discussion
\n18:20-18:30:\u00a0 \u00a0 Closing remarks<\/p>\n
David Clark<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a Professor of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, USA. He was a national Project NExT fellow and received his college\u2019s Art Conway Award for teaching. Originally trained in low-dimensional topology, David has recently become interested in statistics education and math history, and in 2020 received the Mathematical Association of America\u2019s Allendoerfer award for expository writing about the famous Gion shrine problem. Over the last decade he has taken four groups of undergraduate students to Japan to learn about\u00a0wasan<\/em>\u00a0through the cultural phenomenon of\u00a0sangaku<\/em>.<\/p>\n Tsukane Ogawa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is the Vice-director of the Seki Kowa Institute at Yokkaichi University, as also Professor Emeritus from the same institution. His main scope of interest is the history of mathematics in pre-modern Japan, having studied it for over 30 years. His first book was a translation of the Seki Takakazu\u2019s Hatsubi sanp\u014d into modern Japanese. Together with Kenji Ueno, Tatsuhiko Kobayashi and Kenichi Sato, he has edited the Complete Works of Takakazu Seki, published in 3 Volumes in October 2023.<\/p>\n\u53f8\u3000\u4f1a<\/h5>\n