The motion of the Moon in the Romaka Siddhānta (Q1074567)
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The motion of the Moon in the Romaka Siddhānta (English)
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1986
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Elementary Fourier Analysis (introduced in the history of astronomy by B. L. van den Waerden in 1952) is resorted to in order to clear an ambiguous statement about the variation law of the apparent lunar motion. Three different translations of Pa\=ncasiddhāntikā are involved.
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Fourier Analysis
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apparent lunar motion
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