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RECORD NUMBER: 45 OF 76| Main Title | Math of India / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Swienciki, Lawrence W. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Key Curriculum Press ; [Spectrum Educational Supplies, distributor], | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2001 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | 203470 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 613472214 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781559534895; 1559534893 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Multicultural education--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Hindu mathematics--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--Study and teaching--India--Posters ; India--Study and teaching--Posters ; Study skills | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 1 poster : color ; 62 x 93 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | "Design and text by Lawrence Swienciki, PhD."--Poster. Title from poster. |
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| Contents Notes | The poster's central panel depicts a young man riding on an elephant. The text box below describes the legacy of mathematics of India in number theory, geometry and astronomy, and explains the principles and application of the lattice method of multiplying numbers ("kapata-sandhi"), dating from the 9th century. Columns on left and right of the poster show ten examples of lattice multiplication. |