Yuktibhasa: proofs of infinite series
Yuktibhasa: demostraciones de las series infinitas
- Date
- c. 1530 · confidence medium
- Place
- Alathiyur, Malappuram, Kerala, India
- Credited to
- Jyeshthadeva
- People
- 👤 Jyeṣṭhadeva1500–1575
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
Treatise in Malayalam that sets out, with proofs, Madhava's infinite series for π, sine and cosine, using sums of powers and passages to the limit. It is considered the first text with proofs of results belonging to calculus.
It has been speculated that this knowledge was transmitted to Europe via Jesuits in Kerala, without documentary proof.
What it led to
- transmission of the knowledge of the Kerala school
- modern recognition of Kerala's priority in series