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In the late Edo period (1603–1868), a sangaku was donated to the temple Myjrinji in the city o… [+11980 chars]
The Edo-period pursuit of wasan, Japan’s domestic tradition of tackling mathematical problems, was one involving samurai and commoners, young and old alike. Historical records reveal that women and teens were taking on difficult problems well before
