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Geometry, Trigonometry and Calculus: Bharat's Gift to the World, and the Real History Behind It
A theorem before Pythagoras, a translation mistake that accidentally named the word "sine" you use in math class today, and a calculus 250 years ahead of Newton. All three are documented. Let's go through them one at a time, explained from zero.
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A theorem before Pythagoras, a translation mistake that accidentally named the word "sine" you use in math class today, and a calculus 250 years ahead of Newton. All three are documented. Let's go through them one at a time, explained from zero.
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Mathematics in the service of religion: II. Sulba Sutras
MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews
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Aryabhata and the Construction of the First Trigonometric Table
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The Etymology of Sine
Cantor's Paradise
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On Madhava and his correction terms for the Madhava-Leibniz series for pi
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Madhava of Sangamagrama
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