Choi Seok-jeong (; 1646–1715) was a Korean politician and mathematician in the

Joseon Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

period of Korea. He published the ''Gusuryak'' () in 1700, the first known literature on Latin squares, predating Leonhard Euler by at least 67 years. He also invented the

hexagonal tortoise problem The hexagonal tortoise problem () was invented by Korean aristocrat and mathematician Choi Seok-jeong (1646–1715). It is a mathematical problem that involves a hexagonal lattice, like the hexagonal pattern on some tortoises' shells, to the (''N ...

. Choi was a member of the Jeonju Choe clan.

Choi Seok-jeong Award

The Choi Seok-jeong Award was created in 2021 to recognize those who develop or spread mathematics. Spelling of laureates' names matches their Wikipedia page, if it exists, the remainder used

Revised Romanization of Korean Revised Romanization of Korean () is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. It was developed by the National Academy of the Korean Language from 1995 and was released to the public on 7 July 2000 by South Korea's Min ...

with th
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Korean mathematicians 1646 births 1715 deaths 18th-century Korean mathematicians 17th-century Korean mathematicians {{Asia-mathematician-stub