{"product_id":"bija-ganita-or-the-algebra-of-the-hindus-paperback-9781108056014","title":"Bija Ganita; or, the Algebra of the Hindus (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108056014","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBija Ganita; or, the Algebra of the Hindus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn important twelfth-century treatise on algebra by medieval India's greatest mathematician, first published in English translation in 1813.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBhascara Acharya (Author), Edward Strachey (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108056014, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 February 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e132 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 0.7 cm, 0.24 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn important mathematician and astronomer in medieval India, Bhascara Acharya (1114–85) wrote treatises on arithmetic, algebra, geometry and astronomy. He is also believed to have been head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, which was the leading centre of mathematical sciences in India. Forming part of his Sanskrit magnum opus Siddh?nta Shiromani, the present work is his treatise on algebra. It was first published in English in 1813 after being translated from a Persian text by the East India Company civil servant Edward Strachey (1774–1832). The topics covered include operations involving positive and negative numbers, surds and zero, as well as algebraic, simultaneous and indeterminate equations. Strachey also appends useful notes made by the orientalist Samuel Davis (1760–1819). Of enduring interest in the history of mathematics, this was notably the first work to acknowledge that a positive number has two square roots.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. On affirmative and negative\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the cipher\u003cbr\u003e 3. On unknown quantities\u003cbr\u003e 4. On surds\u003cbr\u003e 5. On indeterminate problems of the first degree\u003cbr\u003e 6. On indeterminate problems of the second degree\u003cbr\u003e Book 1. On simple equations\u003cbr\u003e Book 2. On quadratic equations\u003cbr\u003e Book 3. On equations involving indeterminate questions of the first degree\u003cbr\u003e Book 4. On equations involving indeterminate questions of the second degree\u003cbr\u003e Book 5. On equations involving rectangles\u003cbr\u003e Mr Davis's notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of mathematics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of mathematics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20mathematics%20%5BPBX%5D%22\"\u003ePBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005839888664,"sku":"9781108056014","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108056014i.jpg?v=1696747272","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bija-ganita-or-the-algebra-of-the-hindus-paperback-9781108056014","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}