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'''Takao Hayashi''' (born 1949) is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] mathematics educator, historian of mathematics specializing in [[Indian mathematics]]. Hayashi was born in [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], Japan. He obtained Bachelor of Science degree form [[Tohoku University]], Sendai, Japan in 1974, Master of Arts degree from Tohuku University, Sendai, Japan in 1976 and a postgraduate degree from [[Kyoto University]], Japan in 1979. He secured the Doctor of Philosophy degree from [[Brown University]], USA in 1985 under the guidance of [[David Pingree]]. <br />
He was a researcher at [[Mehta Research Institute]] for Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, [[Allahabad]], India during 1982–1983, a lecturer at Kyoto Women's College during 1985–1987. He joined [[Doshisha University]], Kyoto as a lecturer in history of science in 1986 and was promoted as professor in 1995.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} He has also worked in various universities in Japan in different capacities.<ref name="J-Global"/><br />
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==Publications==<br />
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Hayashi has a large number of research publications relation to the history of Indian mathematics. He has also contributed chapters to several encyclopedic publications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Takao Hayashi |url=https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Takao-Hayashi/5228 |website=Britannica |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref> The books he has published include:<ref name="J-Global"/><br />
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* ''The Babkhshali Manuscript: An Ancient Indian Mathematical Treatise'', Egbert Forsten Publishing, 1995<br />
* (jointly with S. R. Sarma, Takanori Kusuba and Michio Yano), ''Gaṇitasārakaumudī: The Moonlight of the Essence of Mathematics by Thakkura Pherū'', Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2009 <br />
* ''Kuṭṭā̄kāraśiromaṇi of Devarāja: Sanskrit Text with English Translation'', Indian National Science Academy, 2012<br />
* ''Gaṇitamañjarī of Gaṇeśa'', Indian National Science Academy, 2013 <br />
* (jointly with Clemency Montelle, K. Ramasubramanian) ''Bhāskara-prabhā'', Springer Singapore, 2018<br />
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==Awards/Prizes==<br />
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The awards and prizes conferred on Hayashi include:<ref name="J-Global">{{cite web |title=Hayashi Takao |url=https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/en/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200901010516161195 |website=J-Global |publisher=Japan Science and Technology Agency |access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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* The Salomon Reinach Foundation Prize, Institut de France (2001)<br />
* Kuwabara Prize, the History of Mathematics Society of Japan (2005)<br />
* Publication Prize, Mathematical Society of Japan (2005)<br />
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