A Passage to Infinity

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A Passage to Infinity : Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact [1] is a book by George Gheverghese Joseph chronicling the social and mathematical origins of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. The book discusses the highlights of the achievements of Kerala school and also analyses the hypotheses and conjectures on the possible transmission of Kerala mathematics to Europe.

An outline of the contents

  1. Introduction
  2. The Social Origins of the Kerala School
  3. The Mathematical Origins of the Kerala School
  4. The Highlights of Kerala Mathematics and Astronomy
  5. Indian Trigonometry: From Ancient Beginnings to Nilakantha
  6. Squaring the Circle: The Kerala Answer
  7. Reaching for the Stars: The Power Series for Sines and Cosines
  8. Changing Perspectives on Indian Mathematics
  9. Exploring Transmissions: A Case Study of Kerala Mathematics
  10. A Final Assessment

See also

References

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Further references

  • In association with the Royal Society's 350th anniversary celebrations in 2010, Asia House presented a talk based on A Passage to Infinity. See : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • For an audio-visual presentation of George Gheverghese Joseph's views on the ideas presented in the book, see : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • The Economic Times talks to George Gheverghese Joseph on The Passage to Infinity. See : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Review of "A PASSAGE TO INFINITY: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and its impact" by M. Ram Murty in Hardy-Ramanujan Journal, 36 (2013), 43-46.
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