Hindu Algebra

Book Details
• Publisher: Cosmo Publications
• Author: T. Colebrook
• ISBN: 8177558226
• Binding: Hardbound
• Pages: 170 pp
• Year of Publishing: 2003

Description:
This important volume by T. Colebrook addresses the longstanding historical questions surrounding the origins of Algebraic analysis.

• It explores the debates about which civilization first developed algebra and how this profound mathematical science was cultivated, structured, and eventually transmitted.
• The work acknowledges that although modern Europe received algebra through the Arabs, the Arabs themselves were mainly scholars and not originators in this field.
• Evidence suggests that the earliest roots of algebra lie with the Greeks, and that a significantly advanced form of algebra existed among the Hindus even before it reached the Arab world.
• This book provides an exact English version of the most esteemed Hindu treatise on algebra, originally written in an ancient Indian language, along with one of the earliest extant source texts.
• Colebrook’s meticulous translation and commentary offer valuable insights into the remarkable contributions of Hindu mathematicians and the early development of algebraic thought.