He was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain which was the center of mathematics in India witnessing the work of many extraordinary mathematicians. His chief contribution in ...

Mathematics is the study of concepts like quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change. Classical Indian mathematicians like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Mahavira, Bhaskara II, Madhava of ...

Any account of the classical sciences of India must begin with mathematics, for, as the ancient Sanskrit text Vedanga Jyotisa (ca. fourth century B.C.E.) says, Like the crest on the peacock’s head, ...

Mathematics is not taught in India as a subject itself—it is taught ... equality in social and ecomic opportunities available to all. Quality versus Quantity Defenders of the quality of ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made significant ... Srinivasa Ramanujan is one of the most influential mathematicians of all time Srinivasa Ramanujan is one of the most ...

All our Vedas, Upanishads ... He said that we need to tell the young generation today that Indian mathematicians had developed unique concepts like zero and decimal, on which today's entire ...

Ramanujan was a self-taught mathematician and is considered one of the greatest Indian mathematicians of all time. Former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh in 2012 announced that December 22 ...

There are two reasons why India should be doing much better in mathematics. First, among all Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, the last one is the least capital ...

Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan is known for creating over 3,900 identities and equations in his short life of 32 years, earning him the nickname 'The Magician of India.' Ramanujan's ...

Dattatreya Ramchandra Kaprekar, also known as D. R. Kaprekar, was an Indian mathematician and recreational mathematician. He is best known for his work on the number theory of partitioning numbers ...

The net result of recent work in this field is to reduce still more the claims once made on behalf of Indian mathematicians, both in respect of priority and in that of originality; two main ...

Marcus du Sautoy visits an ancient Indian observatory, and explores how Indian mathematicians used trigonometry to make celestial observations. Using examples in right angled triangles ...