Lilawati; Or a Treatise on Arithmetic and Geometry

Klappentext An important twelfth-century arithmetical treatise by medieval India's greatest mathematician, first published in English translation in 1816. Zusammenfassung Twelfth-century mathematician and astronomer Bhascara Acharya (1114–85) is considered to be medieval India's greatest mathematician. Forming part of his Sanskrit magnum opus Siddhanta Shiromani, this is his treatise on arithmetic and geometry. It was translated into English by John Taylor (d.1821) and first published in 1816. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Arithmetic; Part II. Of Geometrical Operations: 1. Of circles; 2. Of ponds; 3. Of the bricks or stones in a wall; 4. Of cutting timbers, etc.; 5. Of heaps; 6. Of shadows; Part III: 1. Of the kutaka; 2. Of the sthira or fixed kutaka; 3. Of the sanslista kutaka; Part IV. Of Transpositions; Appendix.

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• Authors: Bhascara Acharya
• Assisted by: John Taylor (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781108055406
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05540-6
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics; Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
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