The "error" in the Indian "Taylor series approximation" to the sine

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 283-295

  Plofker, Kim ^a  

^a Dibner Inst for the Hist of S   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation; Kerala school; Madhava; Sine computations; Taylor series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035570175     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hmat.2001.2331     Document Type: Article

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