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Mathematics and Geometry
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The title phrase “mathematics
and geometry” requires some explanation. What is the purpose of juxtaposing these two topics as separate subjects when every schoolchild knows that geometry is defined as a subtopic of mathematics? This familiar classification was recognized in classical Sanskrit scholarship as well, in which the discipline of
gaṇita (“enumerating, reckoning, calculation, mathematics”) was routinely understood to include the subject of
kṣetragaṇita (“field-mathematics” or “figure-mathematics,” geometry). The reason for separating the two lie…
Date:
2020-05-18
