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)

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

See also

<ruby>点竄術<rp>(</rp><rt>てんざんじゅつ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (tenzanjutsu)

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