Passage to Infinity Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact (Record no. 47670)

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International Standard Book Number 9788132101680
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Classification number 510.954830902 JOS
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Personal name Joseph, George Gheverghese
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Passage to Infinity Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi
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Extent 219
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The boot tuces the histering steps taken in the mathematical theorisation of Inity with marks the emergence of modem. chemics, analyses the part played by Indian mathematicians though the Kerala conduit, which is an important but neglected part of the hatory of mathematics A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and its Impact begins with an examination of the social origins of the Kerala Scool and proceeds to discuss its mathematical genesis as well as its achievements. It presents the techniques employed by the School to derive the series expansions for sine, cosine, arctan, and so on. By using modem notation but This book traces the first faltering steps taken in the mathematical theorization of infinity which marks the emergence of modern mathematics. It analyzes the part played by Indian mathematics through the Kerala conduit, which is an important but neglected part of the history of mathematics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics-India-Kerala-History.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy
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