Mathematical Achievements of Pre-modern Indian Mathematicians

By
  • T.K Puttaswamy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ball State University, Indiana, USA

Mathematics in India has a long and impressive history. Presented in chronological order, this book discusses mathematical contributions of Pre-Modern Indian Mathematicians from the Vedic period (800 B.C.) to the 17th Century of the Christian era. These contributions range across the fields of Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry. The book presents the discussions in a chronological order, covering all the contributions of one Pre-Modern Indian Mathematician to the next. It begins with an overview and summary of previous work done on this subject before exploring specific contributions in exemplary technical detail. This book provides a comprehensive examination of pre-Modern Indian mathematical contributions that will be valuable to mathematicians and mathematical historians.

Hardbound, 758 Pages

Published: August 2012

Imprint: Elsevier

ISBN: 978-0-12-397913-1

Contents

    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. A GLANCE AT ANCIENT INDIA AND THE DECIMAL SYSTEM OF NUMERATION
    3. THE SULVA SUTRAS
    4. MATHEMATICS OF JAINS
    5. THE BAKSHALI MANUSCRIPT
    6. ARYABHATA I
    7. VARAHAMIHIRA AND BHASKARA I
    8. BRAHMAGUPTA
    9. SRIDHARA and PRTHUDAKASWAMI CATURVEDA
    10. MAHAVIRA
    11. ARYABHATA II and SRIPATI
    12. BHASKARA II
    13. NARAYANA PANDITA
    14. KERALA ASTRONOMERS
    15. 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY COMMENTATORS OF BHASKARA II
    16. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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