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Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration: From the Sanscrit of Brahmegupta and Bhascara

Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration: From the Sanscrit of Brahmegupta and Bhascara

Brahmagupta
Colebrooke, H. T.
Bhascara

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal A

General MathematicsGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1108055109
ISBN13: 9781108055109
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 18 2013
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.80
Height: 0.96 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The scholar and East India Company administrator Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837) brought India's rich mathematical heritage to the attention of the wider world with the publication of this book in 1817. Based on Sanskrit texts, it contains English translations of classic works by the Indian mathematicians and astronomers Brahmagupta (598-668) and Bhascara (1114-85), who were instrumental thinkers in the development of algebra. Included here are translations of chapters 12 and 18 of Brahmagupta's best-known work, Brahmasphutasiddhanta, focusing on arithmetic and algebra respectively. Also included in this book are translations of two of the greatest works by Bhascara: Lilavati, his treatise on arithmetic, and Bijaganita, on algebra. Furthermore, Colebrooke's introduction aims to position the Indian advancement of algebra in relation to its development by the Greeks and Arabs.

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