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The Bījagaṇita of Bhāskarācārya: Some highlights

2019; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-981-13-6034-3_9

2196-8829

K. Ramasubramanian, Takao Hayashi, Clemency Montelle, Sita Sundar Ram,

Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications

Arithmetic and algebra form two fundamental branches of mathematics. While arithmetic deals with mathematical operations, algebra deals with the determination of unknown entities. Hence arithmetic was known as vyakta (manifest) gaṇita and algebra was known as avyakta (unmanifest) gaṇita.