Karine Chemla, Glenn W. Most, (dir.)
:: Cambridge University Press
:: June 2022
:: ISBN: 9781108884488
:: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884488
Subjects: Mathematics, History of Mathematics, History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents, pp v-v
Figures, pp vi-viii
Tables, pp ix-ix
Contributors, pp x-x
Introduction : Why Study Mathematical Commentaries?, p. 1-50
Commentators at Work
- 2. Philosophical Commentaries on Mathematical Texts. The Case of Proclus’ Commentary on the First Book of Euclid’s Elements,
Orna Harari, pp 53-95
- 3. Characterizing a Sanskrit Mathematical Commentary. An Exploration of Pṛthūdaka’s Vāsanābhāṣya on Progressions
Agathe Keller, pp 96-140
- 4. Calling out Zheng Xuan (127–200 CE) at the Crossroads of Ritual, Mathematics, Sport, and Classical Commentary.
Daniel Patrick Morgan, pp 141-196
Comparing Commentaries
- 5. Astral Commentaries within the Mesopotamian Received Tradition: The Commentary to Enūma Anu Enlil 14 and Šumma Sîn ina Tāmartišu,
Zackary Wainer & John Steele, pp 199-277
- Contrasting Subcommentaries on Mathematical and Confucian Canons: Intentions and Mathematical Practices,
Karine Chemla & Zhu Yiwen, pp. 278-433
Index of Proper Names, pp. 434-437
Index of Subjects, pp. 438-457
Index of Titles of Cited Texts, pp. 458-464