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Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent [1] from 1200 BCE [2] until the end of the 18th century. In the classical period of Indian mathematics (400 CE to 1200 CE), important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata , Brahmagupta , Bhaskara II , Varāhamihira , and Madhava .
Gaṇeśa Daivajna (born 1507, fl. 1520-1554) Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy. Chitrabhanu (16th Century) Shankara Variyar (c. 1530) Jyeshtadeva (1500–1610), author of Yuktibhāṣā. Paarangot Jyeshtadevan Namboodiri (AD 1500–1610) Achyuta Pisharati (1550–1621), mathematician and astronomer. Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri ...
I.S.I. Kolkata. Vashishtha Narayan Singh (2 April 1942 – 14 November 2019) was an Indian mathematician and academic. He taught mathematics at various institutes in India between the 1960s and the 1970s. He is popular on social media for supposedly having challenged Einstein's Theory of Relativity but there are no credible sources that prove so.
Indian Mathematical Society(IMS) is the oldest organization in Indiadevoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswami Aiyarwith its headquarters at Pune. The Society started its activities under the tentatively proposed name Analytic Cluband the name was soon changed to Indian ...
1. Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving ...
Mahāvīra (mathematician) Mahāvīra (or Mahaviracharya, "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician possibly born in Mysore, in India. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] He authored Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha (Ganita Sara Sangraha) or the Compendium on the gist of Mathematics in 850 CE. [ 4 ] He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta emperor ...
The Indian numbering system is used in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) to express large numbers.The terms lakh or 1,00,000 (one hundred thousand, written as 100,000 in Pakistan, and outside the Indian subcontinent) and crore or 1,00,00,000 [1] (ten million, written as 10,000,000 outside the subcontinent) are the most commonly used terms ...
Mathematics is essential in the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, finance, computer science, and the social sciences. Although mathematics is extensively used for modeling phenomena, the fundamental truths of mathematics are independent of any scientific experimentation.