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Mathematics in India /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Mathematical thought in Vedic India
- Mathematical traces in the early classical period
- The mathematical universe
- The genre of medieval mathematics
- The development of "canonical" mathematics
- The school of Madhava in Kerala
- Exchanges with the Islamic world
- Continuity and changes in the modern period
- Appendix A. Some basic features of Sanskrit language and literature
- A.1. Elements of spoken and written Sanskrit
- A. 2. the structure of Sanskrit verse
- A. 3. The documentary sources of texts
- A. 4. Meaning and interpretation : caveat lector!
- A. 5. Glossary of transliterated technical terms
- Appendix B. Biographical data on Indian mathematicians.