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Science 18 March 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5716, pp. 1715 - 1716
DOI: 10.1126/science.307.5716.1715

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HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS:
"Amateur" Proofs Blend Religion and Scholarship in Ancient Japan

Dennis Normile

TOKYO--A 300-year-old Japanese art form presents some surprising mathematical discoveries on elegant wooden tablets.

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