Ganita Bharati
Published in Association with Bulletin of The Indian Society for History of Mathematics
Current Volume: 45 (2023 )
ISSN: 0970-0307
Periodicity: Half-Yearly
Month(s) of Publication: June & December
Subject: Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB
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Bhaskaracarya’s Treatment of the Concept of Infinity
By : Avinash Sathaye
Page No: 111-123
Abstract
Bhaskaracarya’s treatment of the concept of infinity in his Algebra book is strikingly different and his corresponding exercises are sometimes criticized as erroneous. We discuss his ideas and propose a new explanation in terms of an extended number system with idempotents.