Sunday, December 6, 2009

Kerala Mathematics : History And Its Possible Transmission To Europe


Kerala Mathematics : History And Its Possible Transmission To Europe
by George Gheverghese Joseph
328 pages | PDF | 104 MB

In the history of mathematics the invention of calculus and the passage to infinity are seen as major benchmarks in the creation of modern or advanced mathematics. A principal focus of this volume is tracing the beginnings of modern mathematics to India notably Kerala and how these ideas and techniques may have been transmitted to Europe.
It such transmission proves to be significant it would help to deconstruct the prevailing Eurocentric account of the development of modern mathematics. To that end invitations were extended to a group of distinguished historians mathematicians educators linguists philosophers and others to make presentations at a two day workshop held in Trivandrum.
And this is reflected in the breadth and depth of the papers presented in this volume.



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