A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c8.s6.12

c8.s6.12

² “This is not to gainsay the fact that (i) the Hindus’ proof of Gregory’s series shows their awareness of the principle of integration as we ordinarily use it nowadays; (ii) their intuitive perception of small quantities like O (1/n^p), n → ∞, in a certain role, is as good as a practical knowledge of differentiation.”