History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c4.18

v1.c4.18

| 12. | THE RULE OF THREE | 203 |
| | Terminology—The Method—Inverse Rule of Three—Appreciation of the Rule of Three—Proportion in the West—Compound Proportion—The Method—Illustration—The Rule of Three as a Particular Case. | |
| 13. | COMMERCIAL PROBLEMS | 218 |
| | Interest in Ancient India—Interest in Hindu *Gaṇita* Problem involving a Quadratic Equation—Other Problems—Miscellaneous Problems on Interest—Barter and Exchange—Other types of Commercial Problems. | |
| 14. | MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS | 230 |
| | *Regula Falsi*—The Method of Inversion—Problems on Mixture—Problems involving Solution of Quadratic Equations. | |
| 15. | THE MATHEMATICS OF ZERO | 238 |
| | Zero in Arithmetic—Zero in Algebra—Zero as an Infinitesimal—Infinity—Indeterminate Forms. | |
| | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 247 |
| | INDEX | 251 |
| | *Transliteration* | xvii |
| | *List of abbreviations* | xix |