Astronomy and mathematics in ancient India
Subtitle: Astronomie et mathémathiques de l'Inde ancienne
By: édités par J.M. Delire
Series: Lettres orientales et classiques -- 17; Lettres orientales et classiques -- 17.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leuven; Walpole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9789042926141
Subjects: Ancient Mathematics; Ancient Astronomy; Mathematics; HIstory; Astronomy; History
Other titles: Astronomie et mathémathiques de l'Inde ancienne
Description: "Already in 1786, Sir William Jones, founder of the Asiatick Society in Calcutta, wrote "What their astronomical and mathematical writings contain, will not, I trust, remain long a secret: they are easily procured, and their importance cannot be doubted". Nevertheless, though India is nowadays a part of our daily media environment, its science, as ancient as Greek science, is still badly known and insufficiently included in history of science manuals. This book aims at helping to fill this gap by letting some of the best specialists in Indian astronomy and mathematics express themselves. They recount the evolution of these sciences, from the 'Aryabhatiya' (6th century) to the works of the Keralese astronomers-mathematicians (13-16th centuries), via treatises on prosody (14th century) and on astrolabe making produced since the same period. These treatises are described in association with the oldest Sanskrit astrolabe, preserved in Belgium."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: "Actes de la journée d'études organisée le 24 avril 2009 à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Préface; title: The reality of Indian astronomy / R. Mercier; title: Entre astronomie et mathématiques / J. M. Delire; title: Mathématiques et scolastique dans l'Inde médiévale / P. -S. Filliozat; title: The earliest extant Sanskrit astrolabe / S. R. Sarma; title: Indian planetary models : Āryabhaṭa to Nı̄lakaṇṭha / K. Ramasubramanian; title: Rythmes et algorithmes, F. Patte; title: Madhava series for pi and its fast convergent approximations / K. Mahesh, Venketeswara Pai R. and K. Ramasubramanian.