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Title Contributions to the history of Indian Mathematics / editors, Gérard G. Emch, R. Sridharan, M.D. Srinivas
Published New Delhi : Hindustan Book Agency, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 288 pages) : illustrations
Series Culture and history of mathematics ; 3
Culture and history of mathematics ; 3.
Contents Mathematics in ancient and medieval India / R. Sridharan -- Sanskrit prosody, Piṅgala sūtras and binary arithmetic / R. Sridharan -- Shedding some localic and linguistic light on the Tetralemma conundrums / F.E.J. Linton -- Brahmagupta's Bhāvanā: some reflections / Amartya Kumar Dutta -- The Karaṇī: how to use integers to make accurate calculations on square roots / François Patte -- Relations between approximations to the sine in Kerala mathematics / Kim Plofker -- Algorithms in Indian mathematics / M.S. Sriram -- Algorithms in Indian astronomy / K. Ramasubramanian -- Proofs in Indian mathematics / M.D. Srinivas -- Ramanujan and partial franctions / George E. Andrews -- Contributions of Indian mathematicians to quantum statistics / Gérard G. Emch
Summary Contributed articles presented at a seminar
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Mathematics -- India -- History -- Congresses
Matemáticas -- India -- Historia -- Congresos
Mathematics
India
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Emch, Gérard G
Sridharan, R
Srinivas, M. D
ISBN 9789386279255
9386279258