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''' ''A Passage to Infinity : Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact'' '''<ref name="Passage">{{cite book|last=Joseph|first=George Gheverghese|title=A Passage to Infinity : Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact|publisher=Sage Publications (Inda) Pvt. Ltd. |location=Delhi|date=2009|pages=236|isbn=978-81-321-0168-0}}</ref> is a book by [[George Gheverghese Joseph]] chronicling the social and mathematical origins of the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics]]. The book discusses the highlights of the achievements of [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics|Kerala school]] and also analyses the hypotheses and conjectures on the possible transmission of Kerala mathematics to [[Europe]].<br />
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==An outline of the contents==<br />
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# Introduction <br />
# The Social Origins of the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics|Kerala School]] <br />
# The Mathematical Origins of the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics|Kerala School]]<br />
# The Highlights of [[Kerala]] [[Mathematics]] and [[Astronomy]]<br />
# [[History of trigonometry#Indian mathematics|Indian Trigonometry]]: From Ancient Beginnings to [[Nilakantha Somayaji|Nilakantha]]<br />
# [[Squaring the circle|Squaring the Circle]]: The Kerala Answer<br />
# Reaching for the Stars: The [[Power Series]] for [[Sine]]s and [[Cosine]]s<br />
# Changing Perspectives on [[Indian Mathematics]] <br />
# Exploring Transmissions: A Case Study of Kerala Mathematics<br />
# A Final Assessment<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Indian astronomy]]<br />
*[[Indian mathematics]]<br />
*[[History of mathematics]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further references==<br />
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*In association with the [[Royal Society]]'s 350th anniversary celebrations in 2010, Asia House presented a talk based on ''A Passage to Infinity''. See : {{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/Indian-Mathematics/|title=A Passage to Infinity: Indian Mathematics in World Mathematics|access-date=3 May 2010}}<br />
*For an audio-visual presentation of George Gheverghese Joseph's views on the ideas presented in the book, see : {{cite web|url=http://www.maa.org/news/092608jglecture.html|title=George Gheverghese Joseph on the Transmission to Europe of Non-European Mathematics|last=Joseph|first=George Gheverghese|date=16 September 2008|publisher=[[The Mathematical Association of America]]|access-date=3 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100415130526/http://www.maa.org/news/092608jglecture.html| archive-date= 15 April 2010 | url-status= live}}<br />
*[[The Economic Times]] talks to George Gheverghese Joseph on ''The Passage to Infinity''. See : {{cite journal|last=Lal|first=Amrith|date=23 April 2010|title=Indian mathematics loved numbers|journal=The Economic Times|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Indian-mathematics-loved-numbers/articleshow/5846533.cms}}<br />
*Review of "A PASSAGE TO INFINITY: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and its impact" by M. Ram Murty in Hardy-Ramanujan Journal, 36 (2013), 43-46.<br />
*{{cite journal|first=R. Madhavan |last=Nair|title=In search of the roots of mathematics|journal=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 February 2011|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/in-search-of-the-roots-of-mathematics/article1151708.ece|access-date=15 October 2014}}<br />
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