Finding Zero (21 page)

Index

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Aczel, Debra,
28
–31,
81
,
83
,
113
,
131
–5,
138
,
143
,
149
–51,
187
,
219
–20

Aczel, Ilana,
2
,
7
–9,
11
,
52
–4,
109
–10,
112

aleph
(Hebrew letter),
66

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
99
–100,
176

algebraic geometry,
58
–9,
160

aluf
(Phoenician letter),
66

Ananta (sea serpent),
35
,
100

Angkor (Cambodian empire),
90
–5,
100
–3,
115
–16,
125
–6

as capital,
207

culture,
205
–6

fall of,
184

Mouhot and,
207

post-Angkor,
91
,
184
,
207

pre-Angkor,
91
,
94
,
102
,
116
,
204
,
208

See also
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Angkor Conservation,
163
,
165
–8,
172
,
181
, 210,
217

Angkor Miracle Resort Hotel,
167
–8,
170

Angkor Wat (temple),
91
–3,
123
,
129
,
139
,
165
,
169
,
174
–5,
205

anti-American sentiment,
119

Apsara
(nymphs),
92
,
129

Aramaic alphabet,
65
–6,
223

Aristotle,
22
,
54
,
57

Ashoka, King (Indian emperor),
64
,
66
–7,
223

Augustine of Hippo:
City of God,
37

Aztec Stone of the Sun,
29
–31

Babylonian numbers,
24
–5,
63
,
65
,
75
,
86
,
208
,
213

Bakhshali manuscript,
76
–7,
81
,
88
–9

Baray (artificial lakes),
100
–1,
205

Bee, Mr. (tuk-tuk driver),
170
–3

Bengal Engineers,
43

Bentley University,
28

Bhagavad Gita,
139

Bonaparte, Louis-Napoléon,
128

Bouillevaux, Charles Emile (French missionary),
92

Brahma (Hindu god),
35
–6,
101
–2,
129

Brouwer, Andy,
120
,
122
,
124
–7,
131
,
163

Buddha,
39
,
55
–7,
102
–4,
141
–2,
144
,
154
,
164
,
204

statues,
101
–2,
115
,
123
,
129
,
131
,
135
,
139
,
184
,
186

Buddhism,
34
,
36
,
90
,
102
,
150
,
206
–7

dependent co-origination,
154

four logical possibilities,
57
,
60
–1,
105
–6,
137
,
139
–42,
148
,
152

Mahayana,
103

meditation,
137

Naga
(seven-headed cobra),
103
,
129

Nagarjuna (philosopher),
39
–40,
55
,
57
,
60
–1,
105
–6,
136
–7,
139
–40,
152
–5

Nana Ghat inscriptions,
64
–5

Shunyata
(void),
40
–1,
78
,
104
,
105
–6,
127
,
135
,
137
–8,
142
,
148
,
152
–3,
154
–5,
161
–2, 223

Theravada,
103

Thich Nhat Hanh,
106

Bulletin de l'
É
cole Française d'Extrême-Orient,
87
–8

Burma (Myanmar),
91
.
See also
Myanmar

Burt, Captain T. S.,
43
–4

çaka (dynasty),
95
–7, 209–10,
214

Cambodia

Cambodian National Museum,
102
,
128
–9,
165
,
203
–4,
218
–19

Khmer Rouge,
98
–9,
107
–8,
125
,
129
,
150
,
163
,
166
,
173
,
176
,
200
,
202
–3, 210,
219
,
222

See also
Angkor (Cambodian empire); Phnom Penh (Cambodian capital); Sambor on Mekong, Cambodia; Siem Reap, Cambodia

Cantor, Georg (mathematician),
145
–8

Cantor, Moritz,
74
–5,
77

cargo ships,
18
–19

Carnac stones,
22

Cartier, Pierre,
59

Casselman, Bill,
83
,
186
–8,
191
,
197

catuskoti
(four corners/possibilities, also
tetralemma
),
57
,
60
–1,
105
–6,
137
,
139
–42,
148
,
152

Chamroeun Chhan,
116
–17,
166
,
171
–2,
189

Chandra (Hindu god),
103

Chao Phraya River,
113
–15,
164

Chatur-bhuja temple,
78
, 210

Chenla (ancient region, later Burma and Myanmar),
91
–3,
205

China

Chou Ta-kuan,
101
–2

Cultural Revolution,
98

Fu Nan kingdom,
91
–3,
205

Han Dynasty,
23

Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art,
23

three-by-three squares,
48

Chou Ta-kuan (also Zhou Daguan),
101
–2

C
œ
dès, Georges (archaeologist),
83
–4,
100
,
102
,
106
–8,
124
,
150
,
187
,
204

Angkor,
92

birth and education,
85
–9

career and life,
114
–15,
117
,
119
–20,
128
,
150
,
156
,
176

death and final years,
108
,
216
–17

on Khmer number system,
214
–15

translation of K-127,
93
–7,
107
,
166
,
176
,
207
–8, 210

Communism,
98
,
118
,
120
,
131
,
216

Khmer Rouge,
98
–9,
107
–8,
125
,
129
,
150
,
163
,
166
,
173
,
176
,
200
,
202
–3, 210,
222

Copernicus,
194

counting,
20
–2,
137
,
216

cruise ships,
1
–2,
7
,
10
,
15
,
18
,
52

Cultural Revolution,
98

Cunningham, Alexander (archaeologist),
45
–6

Dalida (French-Italian singer),
3
–4

decimals

nonrepeating,
146

number systems,
23
,
63
,
212
,
215

Dedekind, Richard (mathematician),
146

Descartes, René,
194
–5

Devi (Hindu god),
102

Dieu, Eric,
115
–16,
189
–93

digamma
(archaic Greek letter),
14

Diophantus (mathematician),
23

double-entry bookkeeping,
23

Dreyfus trial,
86

Dürer, Albrecht (artist),
49
–50

Durga (Hindu goddess, also Parvati),
35
,
45

École Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO),
118
–19

École Pratique des Hautes Études,
87
–8

Egypt,
63
,
66
,
103

Egyptian numbers,
25
, 209,
213

Etruscan numbers,
82
–3

Euclid (mathematician),
39
,
56
,
69

Evans, Arthur (archaeologist),
183
–4,
186

Fermat's Last Theorem,
83

Fibonacci sequence,
13
,
19

Ford, Harrison,
179

fractions,
25
, 147

French Colonial architecture,
115

French colonialism,
87
,
114
,
119
,
133
,
216

Fu Nan, Chinese Kingdom of,
91
–3,
205

Galileo,
36
,
194

Ganesha (Hindu god),
103

Garuda (mythical bird),
102
,
139

Ghosh, B. K.,
63

golden ratio,
12
–13

Gothama, Siddhartha,
141
–2.
See also
Buddha, Buddhism.

Greece and Greek culture

Acropolis,
10
,
12
,
30

alphabet,
13
–14,
64
,
65
–6,
82

Diophantus (mathematician), 23

elements of the universe,
36

Euclid (mathematician),
39
,
55
–6,
69

and India,
65
,
88
–9

logic,
54

Parthenon,
12
–13

Piraeus,
10
–12,
14
–15

Pythagoras (mathematician),
39
,
54
,
66

Tower of the Winds,
30

Grothendieck, Alexander (French mathematician),
58
–60,
136
,
158
–62

Grothendieck's prime,
161

Recoltes et Semailles
(Reapings and Sowings),
158
–9

Gwalior zero,
78
–81,
83
–4,
90
,
93
,
95
,
107
, 210

Hab Touch (Mr. Hab),
129
,
165
–7,
171
–3,
191
,
198
,
201
–8, 210,
216
,
218
–9

Hanoi, Vietnam,
87
–8,
118
–19, 121

Hardy, G. H.,
70
–1

Harihara (Hindu god),
36

Hayashi, Takao (mathematician),
42
,
45
–7

Hebrew alphabet,
14
,
66

Heinzelin de Braucourt, Jean de (Belgian explorer),
20

Herzl, Theodor,
7

Hinduism,
34
–6,
90
,
144
,
148
–50,
204
,
206
,
214

Brahma,
35
–6,
101
–2,
129

Chandra,
103

Devi,
102

Durga,
35
,
45

Ganesha,
102

Harihara,
36

Lakshmi,
35
,
100
–1

Parvati,
35
,
45

Shiva,
35
–6,
45
,
102
,
129
,
138
–9,
149

Surya,
103

Trimurti,
36

Ifrah, Georges (researcher),
32
–3, 84

India and Indian culture

Ashoka, King,
64
,
66
–7,
223

Delhi,
38
,
42
,
72

Gwalior zero,
78
–81,
83
–4,
90
,
93
,
95
,
107
, 210

Khajuraho (group of temples),
42
–5,
48
–53,
72
–3,
92

Khandela inscription,
72
–3, 80

Madhya Pradesh,
42
–3,
78

National Museum (New Delhi),
65

Nana Ghat cave inscriptions,
64
–7,
223

New Delhi,
39
,
43
,
65

Rajasthan,
72
–4

See also
Buddhism; Hinduism

Indonesia,
90

Palembang,
96
,
106
–7, 210