TY  - GEN
AU  - Joseph,  George Gheverghese
TI  - Kerala mathematics: history and its possible transmission to Europe 
SN  - 9788176466622
U1  - 510.95482 JOS/K 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - B. R. Publishing Corporation
KW  - Mathematics -- India -- Kerala -- History -- Congresses
N2  - In the history of mathematics, the invention of calculus and 'the passage to infinity' are seen as major benchmarks in the creation of modern or advanced mathematics. A principal focus of this volume is tracing the beginnings of modern mathematics to India, notably Kerala, and how these ideas and techniques may have been transmitted to Europe. If such transmission proves to be significant, it would help to deconstruct the prevailing Eurocentric account of the development of modern mathematics. To that end invitations were extended to a group of distinguished historians, mathematicians, educators, linguists, philosophers and others to make presentations at a two-day Workshop held in Trivandrum. And this is reflected in the breadth and depth of the papers presented in this volume
ER  -