Kerala mathematics
Subtitle: history and its possible transmission to Europe
By: edited by George Gheverghese Joseph.
Contributors: Joseph, George Gheverghese.; Kerala Council for Historical Research.; Arts and Humanities Research Board (Great Britain)
Publisher: B.R. Pub. Corp.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9788176466622
Subjects: Mathematics -- India -- Kerala -- History -- Congresses; Astronomy -- India -- Kerala -- History -- Congresses; Mathematics -- Europe -- History -- Congresses; Kerala (India) -- Relations -- Europe -- Congresses; Europe -- Relations -- India -- Kerala -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: Papers presented at the International Workshop on Medieval Kerala Mathematics : Historical Relevance and Possibilities of Transmission of Europe, held at Trivandrum in December 2005.
Notes: "Published with the assistance of Kerala Council for Historical Research ... and Arts and Humanities Research Board, U.K."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Kerala School of mathematics and astronomy : the social and historical contexts; title: pt. 2. Work of the Kerala school of mathematics and astronomy : some exemplars; title: pt. 3. Establishing transmissions and other philosophical and methodological issues; title: pt. 4. Earlier transmission of mathematics from India and Parallel developments elsewhere; title: pt. 5. The jesuit conduit : the background and evidence.