From the Contents: A. Lambert: Weighted shifts and composition operators on L2; - A.S.Cavaretta/A.Sharma: Variation diminishing properties and convexityfor the tensor product Bernstein operator; - B.P. Duggal: A note on generalised commutativity theorems in the Schatten norm; - B.S.Yadav/D.Singh/S.Agrawal: De Branges Modules in H2(Ck) of the torus; - D. Sarason: Weak compactness of holomorphic composition operators on H1; - H.Helson/J.E.McCarthy: Continuity of seminorms; - J.A. Siddiqui: Maximal ideals in local Carleman algebras; - J.G. Klunie: Convergence of polynomials with restricted zeros; - J.P. Kahane: On a theorem of Polya; - U.N. Singh: The Carleman-Fourier transform and its applications; - W. Zelasko: Extending seminorms in locally pseudoconvex algebras;

This book presents contributions of mathematicians covering topics from ancient India, placing them in the broader context of the history of mathematics. Although the translations of some Sanskrit mathematical texts are available in the literature, Indian contributions are rarely presented in major Western historical works. Yet some of the well-known and universally-accepted discoveries from India, including the concept of zero and the decimal representation of numbers, have made lasting contributions to the foundation of modern mathematics. Through a systematic approach, this book examines these ancient mathematical ideas that were spread throughout India, China, the Islamic world, and Western Europe.

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