A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c3.8
A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c3.8
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c3.8
The background (11-12)—Tycho Brahe's Reduction to the ecliptic (12-14)—Newton-Gauss Interpolation formula (14-15)—Taylor Series for Sine and Cosine functions (15-16)—Newton's Power Series for Sine and Cosine (16-18)—Infinite G.P. Convergent Series (18-19)—Lhuiler's formula for the Circum-radius of the Cyclic quadrilateral (19-20)—Gregory and Leibnitz's Series for the Inverse tangent (20-22)—Leibnitz's Power series for π (22-23)—Approximations to the value of π (23-27)—Some other highlights (27-28)