ET7246 - Geometry and Trigonometry Dr. David R. Wilkins Resources for the study of the History of Geometry and Trigonometry

Geometry and Trigonometry in Ancient Mesopotamia

• Plimpton 322 is Babylonian exact sexagesimal trigonometry (Mansfield and Wildberger, 2017)
• Words and Pictures: New Light on Plimpton 322 (Eleanor Robson, 2002)

The History of Geometry in Greece before Euclid

• Proclus, Commentary on Euclid Chapter IV, translated by Thomas Taylor [LOCAL RESOURCE]
• Proclus, Commentary on Euclid Chapter V, translated by Thomas Taylor [LOCAL RESOURCE]
• Extract from Plato's Meno dialogue, translated by Benjamin Jowett [LOCAL RESOURCE]
• Extract from Plato's Theaetetus dialogue, translated by Benjamin Jowett [LOCAL RESOURCE]

The History of Geometry in India

B. Datta and A.N. Singh, History of Hindu Mathematics, Parts I and II (1935 and 1938)

Note that Part I concerns number systems etc., and Part II concerns algebra and number theory

B. Datta, A.N. Singh, K.S. Shukla, Hindu Geometry, in Indian Journal for the History of Science, Vol 15, No. 2 (1979)

Wikipedia: The Kerala School of Geometry and Mathematics

Dr. David R. Wilkins, School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin.