"I was amazed at how this outstanding connoisseur of Indian knowledge in the field of exact sciences showed himself to be so captive to Cantor’s authority."
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German IndologistsHindu astronomyCompanions of the Order of the Indian EmpireGerman historians of mathematicsAcademic staff of the University of Calcutta
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Simon, Max. Geschichte der Mathematik im Altertum. Berlin 1909.in The Sulbasutras and the 'Pythagoras Theorem'
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George Thibaut
1848 – 1914
George Frederick William Thibaut (March 20, 1848 – 1914) was a German Indologist notable for his contributions to the understanding of ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.
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