References for Paramesvara

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  1. D Pingree, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830903285.html

Books:

  1. Bhaskara, Laghubhaskariyam : With Paramesvara's commentary (Poona, 1946).
  2. Bhaskara, Mahabhaskariyam: With Paramesvara's commentary called Karmadipika (Poona, 1945).
  3. Munjala, Laghumanasam : with commentary by Paramesvara (Poona, 1944).
  4. T A Sarasvati Amma, Geometry in ancient and medieval India (Delhi, 1979).
  5. K Shankar Shukla, The Surya-siddhanta with the commentary of Paramesvara (Lucknow, 1957).

Articles:

  1. R C Gupta, Paramesvara's rule for the circumradius of a cyclic quadrilateral, Historia Math. 4 (1977), 67-74.
  2. R C Gupta, A mean-value-type formula for inverse interpolation of the sine, Ganita 30 (1-2) (1979), 78--82.
  3. K Plofker, An example of the secant method of iterative approximation in a fifteenth-century Sanskrit text, Historia Math. 23 (3) (1996), 246-256.
  4. K K Raja, Astronomy and mathematics in Kerala, Brahmavidya 27 (1963), 136-143.
JOC/EFR November 2000

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