Bija Ganita; or, the Algebra of the Hindus

By:

Bhascara Acharya

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

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An important mathematician and astronomer in medieval India, Bhascara Acharya (1114–85) wrote treatises on arithmetic, algebra, geometry and astronomy. He is also believed to have been head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, which was the leading centre of mathematical sciences in India. Forming part of his Sanskrit magnum opus Siddhānta Shiromani, the present work is his treatise on algebra. It was first published in English in 1813 after being translated from a Persian text by the East India Company civil servant Edward Strachey (1774–1832). The topics covered include operations involving positive and negative numbers, surds and zero, as well as algebraic, simultaneous and indeterminate equations. Strachey also appends useful notes made by the orientalist Samuel Davis (1760–1819). Of enduring interest in the history of mathematics, this was notably the first work to acknowledge that a positive number has two square roots.

Release date Australia

February 28th, 2013

Author

Bhascara Acharya

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Translated by Edward Strachey

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

132

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

Dimensions

178x254x7

ISBN-13

9781108056014

Product ID

20870211

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