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An Indian form of third order Taylor series approximation of the sine

Authors :
R.C. Gupta
Source :
Historia Mathematica. 1:287-289
Publication Year :
1974
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1974.

Abstract

The paper describes an approximation formula for sine (x + h) that differs from the first four terms of the Taylor expansion only by having 4 in place of 6 in the denominator of the fourth term. It appears in Sanskrit stanzas quoted in a work of about the fifteenth century and given here with translation and explanation.

Details

ISSN :
03150860
Volume :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Historia Mathematica
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5d0513d17ad52abc3a93bfee69c8bb05