Dear C. K. Raju,
We are doing research about History of
Mathematics in Rabbinical writings for about 6 years now.
One of our papers (in Hebrew) discussed a proof from the 12th century CE,
which derived the area of a circle from its circumference,
using infinitesimals. As you see, this proof (due to Rabbi Abraham
Bar Hiya Hanasi) preceeded Kepler et. al. by centuries.
We are currently working on an English (expanded) version of
our Hebrew paper.
We will be glad to cooperate, if you find this information
relevant to your studies.
Boaz Tsaban and David Garber
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> Wanted: Research Associate in the History of Mathematics
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> This is a unique opportunity to work in a high-profile area for the
> project
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> Madhava and the Origin of the Differential Calculus,
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> sponsored by the Indian National Science Academy, coordinated by C. K.
> Raju. The project seeks to revise the current history of the calculus.
> It will focus on early developments in the calculus 1400-1720, and will
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> of these manuscripts with some of the work of Kepler, Cavalieri,
> Fermat, Pascal, Wallis, Gregory, Newton, Leibniz, and Taylor.
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Boaz Tsaban
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Department of Mathematics, Bar Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL
Tel: (972-3) 5318407 Fax: (972-3) 535-3325 E-mail: tsaban@macs.biu.ac.il
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