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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v38.i30.records.utf8:5719307:1679
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01679cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2008028186
003 DLC
005 20100721165938.0
008 080623s2009 njuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008028186
020 $a9780691120676 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0691120676 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn232132000
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dBAKER$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dHEBIS$dW2U$dDLC
043 $aa-ii---
050 00 $aQA27.I4$bP56 2009
082 00 $a510.954$222
100 1 $aPlofker, Kim,$d1964-
245 10 $aMathematics in India /$cKim Plofker.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 357 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-351) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Mathematical thought in Vedic India -- Mathematical traces in the early classical period -- The mathematical universe -- The genre of medieval mathematics -- The development of "canonical" mathematics -- The school of Madhava in Kerala -- Exchanges with the Islamic world -- Continuity and changes in the modern period -- Appendix A. Some basic features of Sanskrit language and literature -- A.1. Elements of spoken and written Sanskrit -- A. 2. the structure of Sanskrit verse -- A. 3. The documentary sources of texts -- A. 4. Meaning and interpretation : caveat lector! -- A. 5. Glossary of transliterated technical terms -- Appendix B. Biographical data on Indian mathematicians.
650 0 $aMathematics$zIndia$xHistory.
650 0 $aMathematics$zIndia$vBio-bibliography.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008028186.html