"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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Simon, Max. Geschichte der Mathematik im Altertum. Berlin 1909.in The Sulbasutras and the 'Pythagoras Theorem'
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Max Simon (mathematician)
Maximilian Simon (born 8 June 1844 in Kołobrzeg; died 15 January 1918 in Strasbourg) was a German historian of mathematics and mathematics teacher. He was concerned mostly with mathematics in antiquity.
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