India: INNOVATION AND STAGNATION IN MEDIEVAL INDIAN ASTRONOMY.
The article discusses the elements and characteristics of medieval mathematical astronomy in India. Topics discussed include the Indian transmission of Mesopotamian astronomical and astrological texts, the efforts of Indian astronomers to innovate in mathematics, and mathematical astronomical treati...
| Publicado en: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 104; no. 3; pp. 217 - 224 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2014
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the elements and characteristics of medieval mathematical astronomy in India. Topics discussed include the Indian transmission of Mesopotamian astronomical and astrological texts, the efforts of Indian astronomers to innovate in mathematics, and mathematical astronomical treatises written Sanskrit before the 16th century. |
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