{"id":4410,"date":"2011-08-28T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T04:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2011-08-28T04:27:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T04:27:00","slug":"of-indian-maths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=4410","title":{"rendered":"Of Indian Maths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x22o8TUdOuw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In India, mathematics is related to Philosophy. We can find mathematical<br \/>\n<br \/>concepts like Zero ( Shoonyavada ), One ( Advaitavada ) and Infinity<br \/>\n<br \/>(Poornavada ) in Philosophia Indica. <\/p>\n<p>The Sine Tables of Aryabhata and Madhava, which gives correct sine values or values of<br \/>\n<br \/>24 R Sines, at intervals of 3 degrees 45 minutes and the trignometric tables of<br \/>\n<br \/>Brahmagupta, which gives correct sine and tan values for every 5 degrees  influenced<br \/>\n<br \/>Christopher Clavius, who headed the Gregorian Calender Reforms of 1582.  These<br \/>\n<br \/>correct trignometric tables solved the problem of the three Ls, ( Longitude, Latitude and<br \/>\n<br \/>Loxodromes ) for the Europeans, who were looking for solutions to their navigational<br \/>\n<br \/>problem ! It is said that Matteo Ricci was sent to India for this purpose and the<br \/>\n<br \/>Europeans triumphed with Indian knowledge !<\/p>\n<p>The Western mathematicians have indeed lauded Indian Maths &#038; Astronomy. Here are<br \/>\n<br \/>some quotations from maths geniuses about the long forgotten Indian Maths !<\/p>\n<p>In his famous dissertation titled &#8220;Remarks on the astronomy of Indians&#8221; in 1790,<br \/>\n<br \/>the famous Scottish mathematician, John Playfair said<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Constructions and these tables imply a great knowledge of<br \/>\n<br \/>geometry,arithmetic and even of the theoretical part of astronomy.But what,<br \/>\n<br \/>without doubt is to be accounted,the greatest refinement in this system, is<br \/>\n<br \/>the hypothesis employed in calculating the equation of the centre for the<br \/>\n<br \/>Sun,Moon and the planets that of a circular orbit having a double<br \/>\n<br \/>eccentricity or having its centre in the middle between the earth and the<br \/>\n<br \/>point about which the angular motion is uniform.If to this we add the great<br \/>\n<br \/>extent of the geometrical knowledge required to combine this and the other<br \/>\n<br \/>principles of their astronomy together and to deduce from them the just<br \/>\n<br \/>conclusion;the possession of a calculus equivalent to trigonometry and<br \/>\n<br \/>lastly their approximation to the quadrature of the circle, we shall be<br \/>\n<br \/>astonished at the magnitude of that body of science which must have<br \/>\n<br \/>enlightened the inhabitants of India in some remote age and which whatever<br \/>\n<br \/>it may have communicated to the Western nations appears to have received<br \/>\n<br \/>another from them&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Albert Einstein commented &#8220;We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count,<br \/>\n<br \/>without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The great Laplace, who wrote the glorious Mechanique Celeste, remarked<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ingenious method of expressing every possible number<br \/>\n<br \/>using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place value and an absolute<br \/>\n<br \/>value) emerged in India. The idea seems so simple nowadays that its<br \/>\n<br \/>significance and profound importance is no longer appreciated. Its<br \/>\n<br \/>simplicity lies in the way it facilitated calculation and placed arithmetic<br \/>\n<br \/>foremost amongst useful inventions. The importance of this invention is more<br \/>\n<br \/>readily appreciated when one considers that it was beyond the two greatest<br \/>\n<br \/>men of antiquity, Archimedes and Apollonius.&#8221;<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India, mathematics is related to Philosophy. We can find mathematical concepts like Zero ( Shoonyavada ), One ( Advaitavada ) and Infinity (Poornavada ) in Philosophia Indica. The Sine Tables of Aryabhata and Madhava, which gives correct sine values or values of 24 R Sines, at intervals of 3 degrees 45 minutes and the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=4410\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Of Indian Maths&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}