Indian mathamatics-Amazing Madhava
INDIAN MATHEMATICS – MADHAVA Madhava of Sangamagrama (c.1350-1425) Madhava sometimes called the greatest mathematician-astronomer of medieval India. He came from the town of Sangamagrama in Kerala, near the southern tip … Continue reading
Lost notebook of Ramanujan Math
Ramanujan’s second construction for the approximate squaring of a circle To experience the greatness of great men one has to relive or redo some acts of theirs to the best … Continue reading
500 YEARS OF TANTRASANGRAHA- A LANDMARK IN ASTRONOMY
500 YEARS OF TANTRASANGRAHA A LANDMARK IN HISTORY ASTRONOMY Tantrasamgraha (transliterated also as Tantrasangraha) is an important astronomical treatise written by Nilakantha Somayaji, an astronomer/mathematician belonging to the Kerala school of … Continue reading
Bakhshali Manuscript – Ancient Indian mathematical manuscript on math
The Bakhshali Manuscript is an Ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on “birch bark” which was found near the village of Bakhshali in 1881 in what was then the North-West Frontier … Continue reading