Mei Wending vs Seki Takakazu
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Compare the life timelines of Mei Wending (1633–1721) and Seki Takakazu (1642–1708) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1642 to 1708.
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Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified
Seki Takakazu (1642–1708)
- — Born into a samurai family, probably in Fujioka Verified
- — Studied mathematics largely as a self-taught prodigy
- — Served the Kōfu domain as an accountant and examiner Verified
- — Published Hatsubi Sanpō Verified
- — Developed a theory of resultants and determinants Verified
- — Discovered Bernoulli numbers Verified
- — Became a shogunate samurai when his lord became shogun heir Verified
- — Died in Edo Verified