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A passage to infinity : medieval Indian mathematics from Kerala and its impact /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Joseph, George Gheverghese
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009.
Subjects:	Mathematics > India > Kerala > History. Mathematics, Medieval. Astronomy, Medieval > India > Kerala.

Table of Contents:

The social origins of the Kerala school
The mathematical origins of the Kerala school
The highlights of Kerala mathematics and astronomy
Indian trigonometry : from ancient beginnings to Nilakantha
Reaching for the stars : the power series for sines and cosines
Changing perspectives on Indian mathematics
Exploring transmissions : a case study of Kerala mathematics to Europe
A final assessment.