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Mathematics in India [electronic resource] / Kim Plofker

Author:
Plofker, Kim, 1964-
Published:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Physical Description:
xi, 357 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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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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ISBN:
9780691120676 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691120676 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-351) and index.
View MARC record | catkey: 19502856