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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2014
      April 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139505901
      9781108055109
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139505901
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      Dimensions:
      (254 x 178 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.82kg, 476 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics, History of Mathematical Texts, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Mathematics, History of Mathematical Texts, Area Studies, South Asian History, Asian Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    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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