A modern solution to the Gion shrine problem
Metric Geometry
2013-06-25 v1 History and Overview
Number Theory
Abstract
We give a new solution to the famous Gion shrine geometry problem from eighteenth-century Japan. Like the classical Japanese solution, ours is given in the form of a degree ten equation. However, our polynomial has the advantage of being much easier to write down. We also provide some additional analysis, including a discussion of existence and uniqueness.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1306.5339,
title = {A modern solution to the Gion shrine problem},
author = {Juan Arias de Reyna and David Clark},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5339},
year = {2013}
}
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8 pages, 5 figures