Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Frontispieces
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Calendar Functions
- Abbreviations
- Mathematical Notations
- Preface
- Credits
- License and Limited Warranty and Remedy
- 1 Calendar Basics
- I Arithmetical Calendars
- 2 The Gregorian Calendar
- 3 The Julian Calendar
- 4 The Coptic and Ethiopic Calendars
- 5 The ISO Calendar
- 6 The Icelandic Calendar
- 7 The Islamic Calendar
- 8 The Hebrew Calendar
- 9 The Ecclesiastical Calendars
- 10 The Old Hindu Calendars
- 11 The Mayan Calendars
- 12 The Balinese Pawukon Calendar
- 13 Generic Cyclical Calendars
- II Astronomical Calendars
- III Appendices
- References
6 - The Icelandic Calendar
from I - Arithmetical Calendars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Frontispieces
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Calendar Functions
- Abbreviations
- Mathematical Notations
- Preface
- Credits
- License and Limited Warranty and Remedy
- 1 Calendar Basics
- I Arithmetical Calendars
- 2 The Gregorian Calendar
- 3 The Julian Calendar
- 4 The Coptic and Ethiopic Calendars
- 5 The ISO Calendar
- 6 The Icelandic Calendar
- 7 The Islamic Calendar
- 8 The Hebrew Calendar
- 9 The Ecclesiastical Calendars
- 10 The Old Hindu Calendars
- 11 The Mayan Calendars
- 12 The Balinese Pawukon Calendar
- 13 Generic Cyclical Calendars
- II Astronomical Calendars
- III Appendices
- References
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- Calendrical CalculationsThe Ultimate Edition, pp. 99 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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