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Kerala mathematics : history and its possible transmission to Europe / edited by George Gheverghese Joseph.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Delhi : B.R. Pub. Corp., 2009.Description: viii, 328 p. : illISBN:
  • 9788176466622
  • 817646662X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.83 GEO
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Contents:
pt. 1. The Kerala School of mathematics and astronomy : the social and historical contexts -- pt. 2. Work of the Kerala school of mathematics and astronomy : some exemplars -- pt. 3. Establishing transmissions and other philosophical and methodological issues -- pt. 4. Earlier transmission of mathematics from India and parallel developments elsewhere -- pt. 5. The Jesuit conduit : the background and evidence.
Summary: Papers presented at the International Workshop on Medieval Kerala Mathematics : Historical Relevance and Possibilities of Transmission of Europe, held at Trivandrum in December 2005.
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"Published with the assistance of Kerala Council for Historical Research ... and Arts and Humanities Research Board, U.K."

Includes bibliographical references.

pt. 1. The Kerala School of mathematics and astronomy : the social and historical contexts -- pt. 2. Work of the Kerala school of mathematics and astronomy : some exemplars -- pt. 3. Establishing transmissions and other philosophical and methodological issues -- pt. 4. Earlier transmission of mathematics from India and parallel developments elsewhere -- pt. 5. The Jesuit conduit : the background and evidence.

Papers presented at the International Workshop on Medieval Kerala Mathematics : Historical Relevance and Possibilities of Transmission of Europe, held at Trivandrum in December 2005.

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