[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Mathematics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915) › c5.23 # Indian Mathematics c5.23 Indian Mathematics c5.23 - **Language:** English ### [c5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c5.23) which, neglecting the last term, is the value given in rule (γ). This implies a knowledge of the process of converting a fraction into partial fractions with unit numerators, a knowledge most certainly not possessed by the composers of the \*Śulvasūtras\*; for as THIBAUT says there is nothing in these rules which would justify the assumption that they were expert in long calculations; and there is no indication in any other work that the Indians were ever acquainted with the process and in no later works are fractions expressed in this manner. - [Previous: c5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c5.22) - [Next: c5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c5.24) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c5.23) · Pramāṇa