Emergence of a New Era in the History of Indian Mathematics

It is now well established that the school of astronomy and mathematics, founded by Mādhava in Kerala in the 14th century, came up with two of the major discoveries, namely calculus and non-geocentric planetary models, a couple of centuries before they were to become the hallmarks of the modern European scientific revolution. The seminal discovery … Continue reading Emergence of a New Era in the History of Indian Mathematics