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  • Chapter 1. Early Edo Period
    • Column Influences from Chinese Mathematics Level 0
    • Column Chinese Remainder Theorem Level 2
      • - Congruence Notation and Remainder Theorem Level 2
  • Chapter 2. Seki Takakazu
    • Column Pi (Ratio of the Circumference of a Circle to Its Diameter) Level 1
      • - Why does π/4=tan-11=4tan-1(1/5)-tan-1(1/239) hold true? Level 3
  • Chapter 3. Master Institution - Wasan as a Hobby
    • Column Sangaku (Mathematical Tablet) Level 0
  • Chapter 4. Wasan as a Practical Science
    • Column Pythagorean Theorem Level 2
    • Column Survey Methods Level 0
      • - Survey Instruments and Companion Set Level 0
      • - Heron’s Formula Level 1
  • Chapter 5. Introduction of Western Mathematics
    • Column Trigonometric Tables Level 2
      • - Lengths of Chords for Sum and Remainder of Angles Level 2
      • - Logarithm Table Level 2
      • - Transcendental Equation Level 2
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  1. Introduction
  2. Part 1 History of Wasan
    1. Chapter 1. Early Edo Period
    2. Chapter 2. Seki Takakazu
    3. Chapter 3. Master Institution - Wasan as a Hobby
    4. Chapter 4. Wasan as a Practical Science
    5. Chapter 5. Introduction of Western Mathematics
    6. Chapter 6. Epilogue: End of Wasan
    7. List of Columns
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