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The origin of mathematics / V. Lakshmikantham and S. Leela.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lakshmikantham, V., 1926-2012.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--India--History.
- Mathematics.
- India.
- History.
- Mathematics, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 92 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2000]
- Summary:
- Casting aside the usual Eurocentric theories about the origins of mathematics, the authors investigate Vedic texts which originated in ancient India. Aryabhatta, Sulvastrus, and Bhaskaracharya are among the Sanskrit-speaking theoreticians, whose astronomical works contributed to the ancient body of mathematics, preceding the Greeks. This book deals with some of the chronological difficulties in tracing the history of mathematics, as well as the reasons for the decay in the ancient Vedic civilization.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Prevailing Theories 1
- Chapter 2 Indifference to Truth 11
- Chapter 3 Invented Theories 19
- Chapter 4 Chronological Aspects 27
- Chapter 5 From Baudhayana to Bhaskara I 31
- Chapter 6 From Brahmagupta to Nilakanta 47
- Chapter 7 Astronomical Aspects 61
- Chapter 8 Truth is Stranger than Fiction 69.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761817360
- 0761817379
- OCLC:
- 45115744
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