Mathematics in India /:
Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the...
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Zusammenfassung: | Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the Indian origin of Arabic numerals--and she sets them in a larger textual and cultural framework. The book details aspects of the subject that have been largely passed over in the past, including the relationships between Indian mathematics and astronomy, and their cross-fertilizations with Islamic scientific traditions. Plofker shows that Indian mathematics appears not as a disconnected set of discoveries, but as a lively, diverse, yet strongly unified discipline, intimately linked to other Indian forms of learning. --From publisher's description. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xi, 357 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400834075 1400834074 128264498X 9781282644984 |
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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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spelling | Plofker, Kim, 1964- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfmtwc7VRKmKp8v7bWJjC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008042399 Mathematics in India / Kim Plofker. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009. 1 online resource (xi, 357 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and index. 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. Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the Indian origin of Arabic numerals--and she sets them in a larger textual and cultural framework. The book details aspects of the subject that have been largely passed over in the past, including the relationships between Indian mathematics and astronomy, and their cross-fertilizations with Islamic scientific traditions. Plofker shows that Indian mathematics appears not as a disconnected set of discoveries, but as a lively, diverse, yet strongly unified discipline, intimately linked to other Indian forms of learning. --From publisher's description. Print version record. Mathematics India History. Mathematics India Bio-bibliography. Mathématiques Inde Histoire. Mathématiques Inde Biobibliographie. MATHEMATICS History & Philosophy. bisacsh HISTORY Asia India & South Asia. bisacsh Mathematics fast India fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdx47cDXrRhBXHtbvPwC Indien gnd Mathematik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4037944-9 Bio-bibliography fast History fast dissertations. aat Academic theses. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026039 Thèses et écrits académiques. rvmgf has work: Mathematics in India (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGKmkThxkp8dwFgQRJfYHd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Plofker, Kim, 1964- Mathematics in India. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691120676 (DLC) 2008028186 (OCoLC)232132000 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329783 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Plofker, Kim, 1964- Mathematics in India / 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. Mathematics India History. Mathematics India Bio-bibliography. Mathématiques Inde Histoire. Mathématiques Inde Biobibliographie. MATHEMATICS History & Philosophy. bisacsh HISTORY Asia India & South Asia. bisacsh Mathematics fast Mathematik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4037944-9 |
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title_full | Mathematics in India / Kim Plofker. |
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topic | Mathematics India History. Mathematics India Bio-bibliography. Mathématiques Inde Histoire. Mathématiques Inde Biobibliographie. MATHEMATICS History & Philosophy. bisacsh HISTORY Asia India & South Asia. bisacsh Mathematics fast Mathematik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4037944-9 |
topic_facet | Mathematics India History. Mathematics India Bio-bibliography. Mathématiques Inde Histoire. Mathématiques Inde Biobibliographie. MATHEMATICS History & Philosophy. HISTORY Asia India & South Asia. Mathematics India Indien Mathematik Bio-bibliography History dissertations. Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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