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Kasavu is a technique used in handlooms of Kerala, with very fine threads of gold or silver used in weave to make border lines and designs on silk and cotton fabrics. This technique later spread to most of India and the Kasav technique was developed for many other fabrics across India.
2.9. If it is desired to transform a square into a circle, [a cord of length] half the diagonal [of the square] is stretched from the centre to the east [a part of it lying outside the eastern side of the square]; with one-third [of the part lying outside] added to the remainder [of the half diagonal], the [required] circle is drawn.
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.
Shukla reiterates the observations, on a per-chapter basis. [2] For example, multiple techniques in the book involve the use of decimals. These were unknown during the Vedic times and were introduced in India only in the sixteenth century; [6] works of numerous ancient mathematicians such as Aryabhata, Brahmagupta and Bhaskara were based ...
Kerala School of Mathematics and Astronomy. Sankara Varman (1774–1839) Modern (1800–Present) 19th century. Radhanath Sikdar (1813–1870)
P.K. Srinivasan (PKS) (4 November 1924 – 20 June 2005) was a well known mathematics teacher in Chennai, India. He taught mathematics at the Muthialpet High School in Chennai, India until his retirement. His singular dedication to education of mathematics would bring him to the United States, where he worked for a year, and then to Nigeria ...
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 Amoghavarsha. [4]
[2] Kaarinaayanar cites Yerambam and the six other works in the ancient corpus as the sources of his work Kanakkadhigaram. [2] Yerambam is also explicitly mentioned by name by Parimelalhagar in his commentary on Thirukkural. [3] According to Devaneya Pavanar, the work is completely lost to modern times. [2]