Article ID: CBB001210557

The Kaṭapayādi System of Numerical Notation and Its Spread Outside Kerala (2012)

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Publisher translation: While the study of the transmission of scientific ideas from and to India has its own importance, it is also necessary to examine the transmission of ideas within India, from one region to another, from Sanskrit to regional languages and vice versa. This paper attempts to map the spread of the Ka apayadi system of numerical notation, widely popular in Kerala, to other parts of India, and shows that this very useful tool of mathematical notation, though well known in northern India, was rarely employed there. The paper further refutes the contention of Bibhutibhusan Datta and Avadhesh Narayan Singh that there existed four distinct variants of the Ka apayadi system and shows that there were only two genuine variants of the system, one of these being limited to just one single text of unknown provenance.

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Description Maps the spread of the Kaṭapayādi system of numerical notation throughout India.


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Authors & Contributors
Folkerts, Menso
Divakaran, P. P.
Ezra Brown
Sinha, Jagdish N.
Sarukkai, Sundar
Salguero, C. Pierce
Concepts
Mathematics
Transmission of ideas
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Number notation; mathematical notation
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Number systems
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Renaissance
Early modern
Modern
9th century
Places
India
Mesopotamia
Greece
China
Middle and Near East
Serbia
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