Aida Yasuaki
Aida Yasuaki ( Japanese 会 田 安明 ; * February 10, 1747 in Yamagata , † October 26, 1817 in Edo , today Tokyo ), or Aida Ammei (the Sino-Japanese reading of his name), was a Japanese mathematician.
Aida grew up in Yamagata in the north of Honshū and went to Edo , today's Tokyo, in 1769 to work for the Shogun . In 1788, Aida Yasuaki Sampo Tenshi Shinan published a book on geometric problems. He also worked in the field of number theory and improved to Seki Takakazu declining methods for the treatment of continued fractions .
See also
literature
- David Eugene Smith , Yoshio Mikami : A History of Japanese Mathematics . Open Court Publishing, Chicago 1914 ( full online version at archive.org )
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Aida Yasuaki. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aida, Yasuaki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 会 田 安明 (Japanese); Aida Ammei (on-reading); Aida Sanzaemon Yasuaki; Suzuki Hikosuke Yasuaki; Aida, Shigematsu; Jizaitei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yamagata , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1817 |
| Place of death | Edo , now Tokyo , Japan |