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- ↑ Plofker, Kim (21 December 2015). "A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science. 10: 56–62. doi: 10.33137/aestimatio.v10i0.26020 . ISSN 1549-4497.
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