The Mathematics of India (Record no. 58557)
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| fixed length control field | 02041 a2200193 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 210319b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789386279699 (HB) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 51 |
| Item number | DIV |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Divakaran, P P |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Mathematics of India |
| Sub Title | Concepts, Methods, Connections |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Hindustan Book Agency |
| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 441 p |
| Other physical details | Index |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Culture and History of Mathematics |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 10 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book identifies three of the exceptionally fruitful periods of the millennia-long history of the mathematical tradition of India: the very beginning of that tradition in the construction of the now-universal system of decimal numeration and of a framework for planar geometry; a classical period inaugurated by Aryabhata’s invention of trigonometry and his enunciation of the principles of discrete calculus as applied to trigonometric functions; and a final phase that produced, in the work of Madhava, a rigorous infinitesimal calculus of such functions. The main highlight of this book is a detailed examination of these critical phases and their interconnectedness, primarily in mathematical terms but also in relation to their intellectual, cultural and historical contexts.<br/><br/>Recent decades have seen a renewal of interest in this history, as manifested in the publication of an increasing number of critical editions and translations of texts, as well as in an informed analytic interpretation of their content by the scholarly community. The result has been the emergence of a more accurate and balanced view of the subject, and the book has attempted to take an account of these nascent insights. As part of an endeavour to promote the new awareness, a special attention has been given to the presentation of proofs of all significant propositions in modern terminology and notation, either directly transcribed from the original texts or by collecting together material from several texts.<br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Vedic Geometry |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type | Owner (If the Item is Gratis) |
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| IMSc Library | Multiple Copies Section | 51 DIV | 75432 | BOOKS | |||||
| IMSc Library | First Floor Rack No:26 Shelf No:15 | 51 DIV | 77075 | BOOKS | Gratis by NBHM (National Board of Higer Mathematics) Through Prof. R Balasubramanian | ||||
| IMSc Library | First Floor Rack No:26 Shelf No:15 | 51 DAV | 77276 | BOOKS | Gratis by NBHM (National Board of Higer Mathematics) |