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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Plofker, Kim, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Mathematics > India > History.
Mathematics > India > Bio-bibliography.
Mathématiques > Inde > Histoire.
Mathématiques > Inde > Biobibliographie.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Mathematics
Mathematik
India
Indien
Bio-bibliography
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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