Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vol. 2: The Supplements

Download or read book Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vol. 2: The Supplements written by Agathe Keller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Volume 1 of this work was an English translation of Bhaskara’s commentary, and this volume contains explanations for each verse commentary translated in volume 1.