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Foreword by Freeman Dyson ix Preface by Fukagawa Hidetoshi xiii Preface by Tony Rothman xv Acknowledg ments xix What Do I Need to Know to Read This Book? xxi Notation xxv Chapter 1: Japan and Temple Geometry 1 Chapter 2: The Chinese Foundation of Japanese Mathematics 27 Chapter 3: Japa nese Mathematics and Mathematicians of the Edo Period 59 Chapter 4: Easier Temple Geometry Problems 89 Chapter 5: Harder Temple Geometry Problems 145 Chapter 6: Still Harder Temple Geometry Problems 191 Chapter 7: The Travel Diary of Mathematician Yamaguchi Kanzan 243 Chapter 8: East and West 283 Chapter 9: The Mysterious Enri 301 Chapter 10: Introduction to Inversion 313 For Further Reading 337 Index 341

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