Kurushima Kinai

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Kurushima".

Kurushima Kinai (久留島 喜内?, died January 9, 1757),[1] also known as Kurushima Yoshita[2] and Kurushima Yoshihiro (久留島 喜内?),[3] was a Japanese mathematician in the Edo period.[4]

The Japanese board game of shogi attracted Kurushima's interest; and he was recognized in his own time as a master player.[5] Among shogi players, he continues today to be well known for seven "puzzle ring" gambits with subsequent sequenced maneuvers -- including the "silver puzzle ring."[6]

In his lifetime, he was recognized among the most prominent intellectuals. His mathematical gift was highly esteemed.[7] Kurushima, like most of his contemporaries, was very interested in the mathematical problems involved in "magic squares."[8]

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Selected works

Kurushima's published writings are few.[3]

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Notes

  1. ^ 久留島喜内 -- Chiba University, Dept. of Mathematics and Infomatics
  2. ^ List of Japanese mathematicians -- Clark University, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
  3. ^ a b WorldCat Identities: 久留島義太 -1757
  4. ^ Smith, David. (1914). A History of Japanese Mathematics, p. 176. at Google Books
  5. ^ Shogi, "Famous Mate Problems" -- #62, #63, #68, #69, #79
  6. ^ La Revue de l'Association Française de Shogi, Juillet 1998, Numéro 19, p. 4.
  7. ^ Smith, p. 166. at Google Books
  8. ^ Michiwaka, Yoshimasa. (1997). "Magic Squares in Japanese Mathematics," Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, p. 539. at Google Books

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