Mathematics in Ancient Jaina Literature / edited by S G Dani & S K Jain - Singapore: World Scientific; ©2024 - xiv, 232p.

This monograph is a collection of articles on the mathematical concepts and knowledge found in ancient and medieval
Jaina Literature. The material in the monograph is valuable for a course on History of Mathematics in the Departments
of Mathematics and Education in colleges and universities. The articles are aimed at a broader audience interested
in the History of Mathematics, serving as a reference book. The monograph contains twelve articles. Three of these
articles relate to the development of ideas concerning arithmetic and geometry in the Jaina tradition over extended
periods, and the rest of nine articles deal with specific themes that engaged the Jaina scholars in the course of their
pursuits. In two of the articles, 9 and 10, the readers will find connections to modern topics like cryptography and logic
in statistical thinking.

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