Book:Mahaviracharya/Ganita Sara Samgraha
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Mahaviracharya: Ganita Sara Samgraha
Published $\text {c. $850$}$
In English:
- Compendium of the Essence of Mathematics
Subject Matter
Contents
- Jain mathematics
- An updating of Brahmagupta's Brahmasphutasiddhanta
- Much of the contents of the works of Aryabhata the Elder
- Fractions, permutations and combinations
- Solutions of quadratic equations
- Pythagorean triangles
- An attempt to find the area and perimeter of an ellipse
Also known as
Its title can be translated as "Compendium of Calculations".
Sources
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $3$: Notations and Numbers: Brahmagupta, Mahavira and Bhaskara