Bija Ganita = : or, The algebra of the Hindus / Bhascara Acharya ; translated by Edward Strachey.

Name: Bija Ganita = : or, The algebra of the Hindus / Bhascara Acharya ; translated by Edward Strachey.
Author: Bhaskarācārya, 1114-

Title	Bija Ganita = : or, The algebra of the Hindus / Bhascara Acharya ; translated by Edward Strachey.
Author	Bhaskarācārya, 1114-
Publication Date:	2013
Publication Place	Cambridge - Cambridge University Press
Type	Book
Language	eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	119
Library:	University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID	991025812609006442
Date	2013
Notes	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.
İlgili kişiler	Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901
ISBN	1-139-50730-3
Dizi başlığı	Cambridge library collection.

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Bija Ganita = : or, The algebra of the Hindus / Bhascara Acharya ; translated by Edward Strachey.

Author Bhaskarācārya, 1114-

Publication Date 2013

Publication Place Cambridge - Cambridge University Press

Type Book

Language eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 119

Library University of Bielefeld Library

Record ID 991025812609006442

Date 2013

Notes 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.

İlgili kişiler Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901

ISBN 1-139-50730-3

Dizi başlığı Cambridge library collection.