The mathematics of India (Record no. 60238)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789386279699
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Gifted by NBHM
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 510.954 DIV
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Divakaran, P. P.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The mathematics of India
Remainder of title : concepts, methods, connections.
Statement of responsibility, etc / P. P. Divakaran.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Singapore
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Springer
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2018.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi,441p.
Dimensions :26cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note <br/>Beginnings<br/>The Aryabhatan Revolution<br/>Madhava and the invention of calculus<br/>Connections
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book identifies three of the exceptionally fruitful periods of the millennia-long history of the mathematical tradition of India: the very beginning of that tradition in the construction of the now-universal system of decimal numeration and of a framework for planar geometry; a classical period inaugurated by Aryabhata's invention of trigonometry and his enunciation of the principles of discrete calculus as applied to trigonometric functions; and a final phase that produced, in the work of Madhava, a rigorous infinitesimal calculus of such functions. The main highlight of this book is a detailed examination of these critical phases and their interconnectedness, primarily in mathematical terms but also in relation to their intellectual, cultural and historical contexts. Recent decades have seen a renewal of interest in this history, as manifested in the publication of an increasing number of critical editions and translations of texts, as well as in an informed analytic interpretation of their content by the scholarly community. The result has been the emergence of a more accurate and balanced view of the subject, and the book has attempted to take an account of these nascent insights. As part of an endeavour to promote the new awareness, a special attention has been given to the presentation of proofs of all significant propositions in modern terminology and notation, either directly transcribed from the original texts or by collecting together material from several texts
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics India History
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Divakaran, P.P.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element mathematics and physical sciences
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name P. P. Divakaran
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Mathematics Departmental Library
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 10/05/2023 Gifted by NBHM   510.954 DIV M415 10/05/2023 10/05/2023 Mathematics Departmental Library NBHM
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