Contributions to the History of Indian Mathematics

Contributions to the History of Indian Mathematics
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Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9789386279255
ISBN-13 : 9386279258
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Book Synopsis Contributions to the History of Indian Mathematics by : Gerard G. Emch

Download or read book Contributions to the History of Indian Mathematics written by Gerard G. Emch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of a collection of articles based on lectures given by scholars from India, Europe and USA at the sessions on 'History of Indian Mathematics' at the AMS-India mathematics conference in Bangalore during December 2003. These articles cover a wide spectrum of themes in Indian mathematics. They begin with the mathematics of the ancient period dealing with Vedic Prosody and Buddhist Logic, move on to the work of Brahmagupta, of Bhaskara, and that of the mathematicians of the Kerala school of the classical and medieval period, and end with the work of Ramanaujan, and Indian contributions to Quantum Statistics during the modern era. The volume should be of value to those interested in the history of mathematics.


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