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Nilakantha Somayaji

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Nilakantha Somayaji

Gender: Male

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Study reconstructs Kerala methods for arcsine

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The paper translates Sanskrit verses and compares four procedures used to compute inverse-sine values.

Tables and iteration support trigonometric computation

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Kerala astronomers combined approximation, lookup methods and repeated calculation for different ranges of input.

A circle method links geometry and numerical analysis

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Jyeshthadeva's procedure for circumference is examined alongside arcsine computation.

Source-language evidence guides interpretation

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