Kerala mathematics : history and its possible transmission to Europe

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Kerala mathematics : history and its possible transmission to Europe

edited by George Gheverghese Joseph

B.R. Pub. Corp., 2009

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"Published with the assistance of Kerala Council for Historical Research ... and Arts and Humanities Research Board, U.K."

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

Includes bibliographical references

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  • 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

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