Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics
Birkhauser Boston Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8176-4694-3 (ISBN)
Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics examines these ancient mathematical ideas that were spread throughout India, China, the Islamic world, and Western Europe. Through a systematic approach, it gives an historical account of ancient Indian mathematical traditions and their influence on other parts of the world.
Foreword.- Prelude.- Indian Mathematics in the Medieval Islamic World.- Brahmagupta: the Ancient Indian Mathematician.- Indian Calendrical Calculations.- India’s contributions to Chinese Mathematics up to the Eighth Century A.D..- Some Discussions about how Indian Trigonometry affected Chinese Calendar-Calculation in the Tang Dynasty.- On the Application of Areas in the Sulbasutra.- Indian Mathematical Tradition with special reference to Kerala: Methodology and Motivations.- Mainland South-East Asia as a Crossroad of Chinese and Indian Astronomy.- Mathematical Literature in the Regional Languages of India.- Pascal’s Triangle in 500 BC.- André Weil: His Book on Number Theory and Indian References.- The Algorithm of Extraction in both Greek and Sino-Indian Mathematical Traditions.- Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2010 |
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Zusatzinfo | 30 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 218 p. 30 illus. |
Verlagsort | Secaucus |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8176-4694-9 / 0817646949 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8176-4694-3 / 9780817646943 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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