{"product_id":"9783764372910","title":"Science Networks. Historical Studies: A Translation of Bhāskara I on the Mathematical Chapter of the Āryabhatīya","description":"\u003ch1\u003eScience Networks. Historical Studies: A Translation of Bhāskara I on the Mathematical Chapter of the Āryabhatīya\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKeller, Agathe\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 5th century the Indian mathematician Aryabhata (476-499) wrote a small but famous work on astronomy, the Aryabhatiya. This treatise, written in 118 verses, gives in its second chapter a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that time. Two hundred years later, an Indian astronomer called Bhaskara glossed this mathematial chapter of the Aryabhatiya.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn english translation of Bhaskara’s commentary and a mathematical supplement are presented in two volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubjects treated in Bhaskara’s commentary range from computing the volume of an equilateral tetrahedron to the interest on a loaned capital, from computations on series to an elaborate process to solve a Diophantine equation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains an introduction and the literal translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction aims at providing a general background for the translation and is divided in three sections: the first locates Bhaskara’s text, the second looks at its mathematical contents and the third section analyzes the relations of the commentary and the treatise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Birkhäuser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2006-03-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783764372910\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/3-7643-7592-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x165cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 172\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Birkhäuser Basel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45578578657420,"sku":"9783764372910","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783764372910.jpg?v=1774030506","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783764372910","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}