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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Mathematical Models and Data in the Bra¯hmapaks.a School of Indian Astronomy
By : Kim Plofker
Page No: 1-12
Abstract
While many of the innovative mathematical techniques developed by medieval Indian astronomers have been studied extensively, much less is known about how they chose to select and apply specific mathematical models to physical phenomena. This paper focuses on the paks.a or astronomical school associated with Brahmagupta (628 CE) and investigates what some of its characteristic features may tell us about the evolution of Indian mathematical astronomy.