Dear all, May I ask you to respond off-list, writing to me and Lisa directly: [email protected] and [email protected] Many thanks! Dagmar
On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 at 10:50, Satyanad Kichenassamy < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Thanks for the announcement. > > If you wish, I could explain some of my recent work on the developement > of mathematics as apodictic discourse in India. Most of the relevant > papers since 2006, except the most recent ones, may be downloaded from > my web page (see the signature below). For the ones I haven't yet put on > a reprint server, here is a link > > > https://filesender.renater.fr/?s=download&token=7ebd10a4-5b1e-4005-bdc1-70500af755c0 > > The languages of the texts studied include Sanskrit and Tamil, as well > as Pali & Chinese (we translated for the first time a Chinese text on > the reception of Indian mathematics in the 6th c.). The conclusions that > admit of generalization to other cultural areas are relevant for > mathematical texts in Italian, German, Russian,... but these mostly do > not deal with South Asia. > > Possible topics on which these papers have provided new information > could include the following, mostly based on Sanskrit texts: > > - how the theorem on the square of the diagonal of an oblong was stated > and derived in India > > - the relation between the invention of mathematics as discourse and > Indian theories of ritual > > - the invention of the positional system with zero and writing in India, > on the basis of Sanskrit and Tamil sources > > - mathematics of the Vedic period as the foundation of later Indian > mathematics > > Let me know if any of these (or other issues related to these papers) is > of interest to your project. By the way, I will be teaching a course at > the Sorbonne in Paris starting October 17 (hybrid mode, in French & > English) on some of these issues. Details are on my web page. Of course, > feel free to forward the information to any interested people. > > With best wishes, > > Satyanad Kichenassamy > > Le 07/08/2025 à 18:07, Dagmar Wujastyk via INDOLOGY a écrit : > > Dear colleagues, > > > > Lisa Brooks and I are currently working on the schedule of the > forthcoming > > season of our online group "History of Science in Early South Asia"with > the > > Consortium for the History of Science and Medicine . See > > https://www.chstm.org/group/history-science-early-south-asia > > > > The working group brings together scholars who study the history of > science > > in South Asia before about 1800 and as discoverable from literatures in > > Sanskrit and other indigenous Indian languages. We have had talks on > > mathematics, medicine, astronomy, alchemy, metallurgy and others so far. > > The group meets monthly during the academic year. We welcome the > > presentation of individual and group work-in-progress, facilitated > > discussions of published articles and books, and focused reading sessions > > in Indic languages. > > > > We still have several open slots for the new season, starting in > September. > > Please get in touch with Lisa and me if you would like to present or > > discuss your research. We welcome both new and established scholars. > > > > Kind regards, > > Dagmar (and Lisa) > > > > Dagmar Wujastyk > > Associate Professor, History, Classics, and Religion, University of > Alberta > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > INDOLOGY mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > -- > ********************************************** > Satyanad KICHENASSAMY > Professor of Mathematics > Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Reims (CNRS, UMR9008) > and GREI (EPHE-Paris and Sorbonne-Université) > Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne > F-51687 Reims Cedex 2 > France > Web: https://www.normalesup.org/~kichenassamy > ********************************************** > >
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