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7 produkter
Mathematics in India
Av Kim Plofker
Inbunden, 2009
794 kr
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Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the …
Mathematics in India
Av Kim Plofker
E-bok, 2008
1146 kr
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Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the …
From Samarqand to Jaipur
Evolving al-Kāshī’s Approximation to the Sine of One Degree
Av Clemency Montelle, Kim Plofker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1690 kr
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Calculating the sine of one degree, not possible with the tools of geometry alone, was a problem approached frequently in various ways in Hellenistic, Arabic, Persian, and European trigonometry. This book situates the problem and the iterative techniques often used to solve it in the context of …
From Samarqand to Jaipur
Evolving al-Kashi's Approximation to the Sine of One Degree
Av Glen Van Brummelen, Kim Plofker m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
2174 kr
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Calculating the sine of one degree, not possible with the tools of geometry alone, was a problem approached frequently in various ways in Hellenistic, Arabic, Persian, and European trigonometry. This book situates the problem and the iterative techniques often used to solve it in the context of …
Sanskrit Astronomical Tables
Av Clemency Montelle, Kim Plofker
Inbunden, 2019
1465 kr
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This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the …
Sanskrit Astronomical Tables
Av Kim Plofker, Clemency Montelle
E-bok, 2019
1838 kr
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This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the …
Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text Brahmatulyasāraṇī
Numerical tables in textual scholarship
Av Anuj Misra, Clemency Montelle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2025 kr
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The 17th-century Brahmatulyasāraṇī is a rich repository of information about Indian mathematical astronomy and its genres of scientific writing in Sanskrit. This painstaking critical edition, translation, and technical analysis of the work includes detailed technical background about its content …
