Short essay on importance of indian mathematics in sanskrit
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Despite developing quite independently of Chinese (and probably also of Babylonianmathematics), some very advanced mathematical discoveries were made at a very early time in India.
Mantras from the early Vedic period (before 1000 BCE) invoke powers of ten from a hundred all the way up to a trillion, and provide evidence of the use of arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, squares, cubes and roots. A 4th Century CE Sanskrit text reports Buddha enumerating numbers up to 1053, as well as describing six more numbering systems over and above these, leading to a number equivalent to 10421. Given that there are an estimated 1080 atoms in the whole universe, this is as close to infinity as any in the ancient world came. It also describes a series of iterations in decreasing size, in order to demonstrate the size of an atom, which comes remarkably close to the actual size of a carbon atom (about 70 trillionths of a metre).
As early as the 8th Century BCE, long before Pythagoras, a text known as the “Sulba Sutras” (or "Sulva Sutras") listed several simple Pythagorean triples, as well as a statement of the simplified Pythagorean theorem for the sides of a square and for a rectangle (indeed, it seems quite likely that Pythagoras learned his basic geometry from the "Sulba Sutras"). The Sutras also contain geometric solutions of linear and quadratic equations in a single unknown, and give a remarkably accurate figure for the square root of 2, obtained by adding 1 + 1⁄3 + 1⁄(3 x 4) - 1⁄(3 x 4 x 34), which yields a value of 1.4142156, correct to 5 decimal places.
Mantras from the early Vedic period (before 1000 BCE) invoke powers of ten from a hundred all the way up to a trillion, and provide evidence of the use of arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, squares, cubes and roots. A 4th Century CE Sanskrit text reports Buddha enumerating numbers up to 1053, as well as describing six more numbering systems over and above these, leading to a number equivalent to 10421. Given that there are an estimated 1080 atoms in the whole universe, this is as close to infinity as any in the ancient world came. It also describes a series of iterations in decreasing size, in order to demonstrate the size of an atom, which comes remarkably close to the actual size of a carbon atom (about 70 trillionths of a metre).
As early as the 8th Century BCE, long before Pythagoras, a text known as the “Sulba Sutras” (or "Sulva Sutras") listed several simple Pythagorean triples, as well as a statement of the simplified Pythagorean theorem for the sides of a square and for a rectangle (indeed, it seems quite likely that Pythagoras learned his basic geometry from the "Sulba Sutras"). The Sutras also contain geometric solutions of linear and quadratic equations in a single unknown, and give a remarkably accurate figure for the square root of 2, obtained by adding 1 + 1⁄3 + 1⁄(3 x 4) - 1⁄(3 x 4 x 34), which yields a value of 1.4142156, correct to 5 decimal places.
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mathematics has played and significant role in development of Indian Culture for Millennium mathematical ideas that originated in the Indian subcontinent have and profound impact on the world Swami Vivekananda said you know how many Sciences had beer origin in India mathematics began there you are even today counting 1, 2, 3 extra . to 0, after Sanskrit figures, and you all know that algebra also is orignated in India .
it is also fitting time to review the contributions of Indian mathematician from ancient times to present, as in 2010, India will be hosting the international Congress of mathematicians. this quadrennial meeting brings together mathematicians from Around The World discuss the most significant developments in the subject over the past 4 years and to get a sense of where the subject is heading in the next 4. the idea of holding such a Congress at regular intervals actually started at the Colombian exhibition in Chicago in 1893. this exhibition had seasons to highlight the advancement of knowledge in different. one of these was a session in mathematics another perhaps more familiar to readers of Prabuddha Bharata was the famous parliament of religions in which Swami Vivekananda the first made his public appearance in the west.
following the Chicago meeting, the first international Congress of mathematicians took place in Zurich in 1897 . it was the next meeting at Paris in 1900 dad hilbert formulated his now famous 23 problems that time, the Congress has been meeting approximately every four years in Different cities around the world, and in 2010, when you will be Hyderabad, India . this is the first time in it's more than hundred years history that the Congress will be held in India this meeting would serve as an impetus and simulate to mathematical thoughts in the subcontinent, provide the community is prepared for it preparation would largely consist in being aware of the tradition of mathematics in India, from ancient times to modern and embracing the potential and possibility of developing this tradition to new Heights in the coming Millennia.
in ancient time, mathematics was mainly used in an auxiliary or applied role does mathematical methods were used to solve problems in architecture and construction as in Public Work of Harappan Civilization in Astronomy and astrology as in the world of the Jain mathematicians and in the construction of Vedic altars as in the case of sulbasutras of bodhayana and his Successors . by the 6th or 5th century BCE, mathematics was being studied for its own sake, as well as for its application in other fields of knowledge.
it is also fitting time to review the contributions of Indian mathematician from ancient times to present, as in 2010, India will be hosting the international Congress of mathematicians. this quadrennial meeting brings together mathematicians from Around The World discuss the most significant developments in the subject over the past 4 years and to get a sense of where the subject is heading in the next 4. the idea of holding such a Congress at regular intervals actually started at the Colombian exhibition in Chicago in 1893. this exhibition had seasons to highlight the advancement of knowledge in different. one of these was a session in mathematics another perhaps more familiar to readers of Prabuddha Bharata was the famous parliament of religions in which Swami Vivekananda the first made his public appearance in the west.
following the Chicago meeting, the first international Congress of mathematicians took place in Zurich in 1897 . it was the next meeting at Paris in 1900 dad hilbert formulated his now famous 23 problems that time, the Congress has been meeting approximately every four years in Different cities around the world, and in 2010, when you will be Hyderabad, India . this is the first time in it's more than hundred years history that the Congress will be held in India this meeting would serve as an impetus and simulate to mathematical thoughts in the subcontinent, provide the community is prepared for it preparation would largely consist in being aware of the tradition of mathematics in India, from ancient times to modern and embracing the potential and possibility of developing this tradition to new Heights in the coming Millennia.
in ancient time, mathematics was mainly used in an auxiliary or applied role does mathematical methods were used to solve problems in architecture and construction as in Public Work of Harappan Civilization in Astronomy and astrology as in the world of the Jain mathematicians and in the construction of Vedic altars as in the case of sulbasutras of bodhayana and his Successors . by the 6th or 5th century BCE, mathematics was being studied for its own sake, as well as for its application in other fields of knowledge.
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