Treatises and tables, algorithms and approximations: the role of computation in early modern Sanskrit astronomy

zbMATH Open1307.01006MaRDI QIDQ2928872FDOQ2928872

Authors: Kim Plofker 

Publication date: 10 November 2014

Published in: Gaṇita-Bhāratī (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

approximationsastronomical tablesIndian mathematicsmathematical astronomySanskritastronomial handbooksBhaskara IIsiddhantaSolar declinationZijes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of Indian mathematics (01A32)

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