Context-Dependence of Mathematical Activity: A Case Study Concerning Edo Period Japan
At the beginning of the Edo period (1600-1868 CE) the Japanese Tokugawa shōgunate enforced the famous closed country policy. During the period of isolation that would ensue until the Meiji Restoration, mathematics flourished like never before. The new tradition that arose was rich and diverse, with...
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University of Canterbury. Humanities
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6578 |