Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vol.1

Agathe Keller

ISBN 10: 3764372915 / ISBN 13: 9783764372910

Published by Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Mrz 2006, 2006

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the 5th century the Indian mathematician Aryabhata (476-499) wrote a small but famous work on astronomy, the Aryabhatiya. This treatise, written in 118 verses, gives in its second chapter a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that time. Two hundred years later, an Indian astronomer called Bhaskara glossed this mathematial chapter of the Aryabhatiya.An english translation of Bhaskara's commentary and a mathematical supplement are presented in two volumes.Subjects treated in Bhaskara's commentary range from computing the volume of an equilateral tetrahedron to the interest on a loaned capital, from computations on series to an elaborate process to solve a Diophantine equation.This volume contains an introduction and the literal translation.The introduction aims at providing a general background for the translation and is divided in three sections: the first locates Bhaskara's text, the second looks at its mathematical contents and the third section analyzes the relations of the commentary and the treatise. 172 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vol.1
• Publisher: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Mrz 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764372915
• ISBN 13: 9783764372910
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 23.5W x 16.5H x 0D centimeters 23.5 centimeters width by 16.5 centimeters height by 0 centimeters depth
• Weight: 550 grams

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In the 5th century the Indian mathematician Aryabhata (476-499) wrote a small but famous work on astronomy, the Aryabhatiya. This treatise, written in 118 verses, gives in its second chapter a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that time. Two hundred years later, an Indian astronomer called Bhaskara glossed this mathematial chapter of the Aryabhatiya.

An english translation of Bhaskara’s commentary and a mathematical supplement are presented in two volumes.

Subjects treated in Bhaskara’s commentary range from computing the volume of an equilateral tetrahedron to the interest on a loaned capital, from computations on series to an elaborate process to solve a Diophantine equation.

This volume contains an introduction and the literal translation.

The introduction aims at providing a general background for the translation and is divided in three sections: the first locates Bhaskara’s text, the second looks at its mathematical contents and the third section analyzes the relations of the commentary and the treatise.

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In the 5th century, the Indian mathematician Aryabhata wrote a small but famous work on astronomy in 118 verses called the Aryabhatiya. Its second chapter gives a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that point, and 200 years later, the Indian astronomer Bhaskara glossed that chapter. This volume is a literal English translation of Bhaskara's commentary complete with an introduction.