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Mathematics in India : 500 BCE-1800 CE.

Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plofker, Kim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Mathematics in India; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Mathematical Thought in Vedic India; Chapter 3. Mathematical Traces in the Early Classical Period; Chapter 4. The Mathematical Universe; Chapter 5. The Genre of Medieval Mathematics; Chapter 6. The Development of "Canonical" Mathematics; Chapter 7. The School of Madhava in Kerala; Chapter 8. Exchanges with the Islamic World; Chapter 9. Continuity and Changes in the Modern Period; Appendix A. Some Basic Features of Sanskrit Language and Literature. 
505 8 |a Appendix B. Biographical Data on Indian MathematiciansBibliography; Index. 
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