天元術

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 元 術
てん
Grade: 1 		げん
Grade: 2 		じゅつ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally "method of the heavenly element", in which the heavenly elements is the unknown variable, usually written x in modern notation.

Noun

天(てん)元(げん)術(じゅつ) • (tengenjutsu) 

  1. (mathematics) A Chinese system of algebra for polynomial equations created in 13th century

See also

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