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# Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.7

Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.7

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### [c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c8.s3.7)

The original passages and their translations are given. Proofs of these series have been given in the \*Yuktibhāṣā\*. The (π)/4 series has been discussed in Chapter VI in connection with the development of the concept of integral calculus. Some modern scholars¹ have also made a study of the π series as given in the \*Yuktibhāṣā\* and expressed the same in modern notation. The tan series known as Gregory's series has been similarly studied also by a number of modern scholars on the basis of \*Yuktibhāṣā\* in which series was worked out with the previous formulation of number of lemmas¹.

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## Cites (1)

- [Yuktibhāṣā (Gaṇitayuktibhāṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.kerala.golayukti.yuktibhasa) — Jyeṣṭhadeva 1520, Malayalam

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