Cognition of the circle in ancient India
arXiv:1703.09645
Abstract
We discuss the understanding of geometry of the circle in ancient India, in terms of enunciation of various principles, constructions, applications etc. during various phases of history and cultural contexts.
18 pages; a Russian translation of the article, by Galina Sinkevich, has been published in Mathematics in Higher Education 14 (2016), 61 - 76