Mathematics in India / / Kim Plofker.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 10 halftones. 40 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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 Mādhava 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
- Appendix B. Biographical Data on Indian Mathematicians
- Bibliography
- Index