Mathematics in India [[electronic resource] /] / Kim Plofker |
Autore | Plofker Kim <1964-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 357 p. ) : ill., map |
Disciplina | 510.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - India - HIstory
Mathematics - India |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4008-3407-4 |
Classificazione | SG 525 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467021203321 |
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Mathematics in India [[electronic resource] /] / Kim Plofker |
Autore | Plofker Kim <1964-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 357 p. ) : ill., map |
Disciplina | 510.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - India - HIstory
Mathematics - India |
ISBN | 1-4008-3407-4 |
Classificazione | SG 525 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796313403321 |
Plofker Kim <1964->
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
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Mathematics in India / / Kim Plofker |
Autore | Plofker Kim <1964-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 357 p. ) : ill., map |
Disciplina | 510.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - India - HIstory
Mathematics - India |
ISBN | 1-4008-3407-4 |
Classificazione | SG 525 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824522503321 |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
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The Mathematics of India : Concepts, Methods, Connections / / by P. P. Divakaran |
Autore | Divakaran P. P |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 pages) |
Disciplina | 510.954 |
Collana | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History History of Mathematical Sciences |
ISBN | 981-13-1774-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Background: Culture and Language -- Chapter 2. Vedic Geometry -- Chapter 3. Antecedents? Mathematics in the Indus Valley -- Chapter 4. Decimal Numbers -- Chapter 5. Numbers in the Vedic Literature -- Chapter 6. From 500 BCE to 500 CE -- Chapter 7. The Mathematics of the Ganitapada -- Chapter 8. From Brahmagupta to Bhaskara II to Narayana -- Chapter 9. The Nila Phenomenon -- Chapter 10. Nila Mathematics (General Survey) -- Chapter 11. The pi-series -- Chapter 12. The Sine and Cosine Series -- Chapter 13. The pi-Series Revisited: Algebra in Analysis -- Chapter 14. What is Indian about the Mathematics of India? -- Chapter 15. What is Indian . . .? The Question of Proofs -- Chapter 16. Upasamhara. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300120403321 |
Divakaran P. P
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Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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