[INDOLOGY] Indian mathematics

[Toke Knudsen]

Hi Valerie,

Its dated for sure, but Datta and Singh’s _The History of Hindu Mathematics: A Sourcebook_ is probably worth mentioning also. Both volumes are available at Archive.org:

Part I
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81882/page/n10

Part II
https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.7758/page/n5

Best wishes,
Toke



> On Jan 2, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Hi Valerie,
> 
> This has come up in recent discussions:
> https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691120676/mathematics-in-india
> 
> 
> Mathematics in India | Princeton University Press
> 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 Indian origin of Arabic numerals — and she sets them in a larger textual and cultural ...
> press.princeton.edu
> best for the new year,
> Matthew
> 
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, 
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
> 
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of Valerie Roebuck via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2020 3:50 AM
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> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Indian mathematics
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> Can anyone recommend a good introduction to the history of mathematics in India, accessible to a mathematician with no knowledge of Sanskrit or other Indian languages?
> 
> Thank you -
> 
> Valerie J Roebuck
> Manchester, UK  
> 
> 
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