Mathematical cognition related to the large numbers in early societies: a study based on 5th-century Buddhist Commentaries in Sri Lanka

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2024.02.002zbMATH Open1544.01007MaRDI QIDQ6569728

Chandana Jayawardana

Publication date: 9 July 2024

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

large numbersmathematical cognitioncognitive artifactsAsian studiesBuddhist Commentariesmathematical metaphors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ethnomathematics (general) (01A07)

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